Peri-operative chemotherapy for the treatment of resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Martina Wieser; Stefan Sauerland; Dirk Arnold; Wolff Schmiegel; Anke Reinacher-Schick

doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-309

Peri-operative chemotherapy for the treatment of resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Martina Wieser
Stefan Sauerland
Dirk Arnold
Wolff Schmiegel
Anke Reinacher-Schick

Abstract

The role of peri-operative chemotherapy in patients with resected stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC) remains to be defined. This study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of peri-operative chemotherapy in patients with resected stage IV CRC by performing a meta-analysis of relevant trials.

Bibliographical data

Original language	German
ISSN	1471-2407
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-309
Publication status	Published - 2010

pubmed	20565923