Surgery improves the prognosis of colon mucinous adenocarcinoma with liver metastases: a SEER-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mucinous adenocarcinoma (MC) is the second most common pathological type of colon carcinoma (CC). Colon cancer liver metastases (CLMs) are common and lethal, and complete resection of the primary tumour and metastases for CLM patients would be beneficial. However, there is still no consensus on the role of surgery for MC with liver metastases (M-CLM).

Methods

Patients diagnosed with M-CLM or classical adenocarcinoma with CLM (A-CLM) from 2010 to 2013 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were retrieved. The clinicopathological features and overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) data were compared and analysed.

Results

The results showed that the M-CLM group had a larger tumour size, more right colon localizatio

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7510088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature