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Comment
. 2021 Sep 1;44(9):502-503.
doi: 10.1097/COC.0000000000000847.

The Prospective Observational Cohort and the Nested Randomized Controlled Trial in the Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC Study) Question the Reliance on Existing Evidence for the Magnitude of Benefit From Lung Metastasectomy

Norman R Williams  1 , Tom Treasure  2 , Fergus Macbeth  3 , Lesley Fallowfield  4
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The Prospective Observational Cohort and the Nested Randomized Controlled Trial in the Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC Study) Question the Reliance on Existing Evidence for the Magnitude of Benefit From Lung Metastasectomy

Norman R Williams et al. Am J Clin Oncol. .
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Kaplan–Meier survival curves.
Overall estimated survival at 4 years was 47.1% (95%CI: 31.9%–62.6%) for control patients and 44.4% (95%CI: 28.8%–60.6%) for metastasectomy patients, with the respective 5-year survival values being 29.6% (95% CI:15.3%–45.7%) and 36.4% (95% CI: 21.3%–53.0%).
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