Lung Metastasectomy in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer Gives Little if Any Benefit Compared With the Importance of Control at the Primary Cancer Site

Affiliations

¹ National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA), Division of Medicine.
² Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, London, UK.
³ Clinical Operational Research Unit University College London.

Comment

Chris Brew-Graves et al. Am J Clin Oncol. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 1;44(9):503-504.

doi: 10.1097/COC.0000000000000853.

¹ National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA), Division of Medicine.
² Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, London, UK.
³ Clinical Operational Research Unit University College London.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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