Research Article

Analysis of Prognostic Factors for Resected Synchronous and Metachronous Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

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Kaplan-Meier curve of disease-free survival (DFS) () and overall survival (OS) () stratified by timing of metastases presentation/treatment. Median DFS and OS for patients with synchronous presentation and combined surgery were 14.4 months (95% CI 7.2–27.8) and 45.3 months (95% CI 31–not evaluable [NE]), respectively, versus 6 (95% CI 2–11.4) and 23.6 months (95% CI 11.8–70.9), respectively, for those with synchronous presentation treated with a two-step surgery versus 23.5 (95% CI 14–28.8) and 65.7 months (95% CI 58.2–77.2), respectively, for patients with metachronous presentation.
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