The Influence of Radiological “Disappearing Lesions” on the Efficacy and Prognosis of Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases Undergoing Conversion Therapy

Table 2

The correlation of time nodes and DLM.

	The number of recurrent liver metastases	The number of liver metastases lost in follow-up	The number of liver metastases effectively disappeared	The number of no recurrent liver metastases	value
Time (months)					<0.001
6	5	13	147	142
6-12	20	23	119	99
12-24	24	30	69	45
24-36	0	17	28	28
36-present	0	21	7	7

Note: value <0.05. Abbreviations: DLM: disappearing liver metastasis.