Stage IV colorectal cancer primary site and patterns of distant metastasis

Highlights • Tumors arising in the rectum were more likely to spread to the lungs than liver. • Distal colon tumors were less likely to spread to one versus two visceral organs. • Population-based data findings are consistent with previous clinical results. • Observed metastatic patterns may relate...

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Published in:Cancer epidemiology 2017-06, Vol.48, p.92-95
Main Authors: Robinson, Jamaica R, Newcomb, Polly A, Hardikar, Sheetal, Cohen, Stacey A, Phipps, Amanda I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Breast cancer
Cancer
Colon
Colonic neoplasms
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal carcinoma
Colorectal neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Confidence intervals
Epidemiology
Female
Health risk assessment
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Internal Medicine
Liver
Lung cancer
Lungs
Male
Medical prognosis
Medical research
Metastases
Metastasis
Middle Aged
Mutation
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Staging
Patients
Population-based cancer registry
Rectal neoplasms
Rectum
Surveillance
Tumors
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Summary:Highlights • Tumors arising in the rectum were more likely to spread to the lungs than liver. • Distal colon tumors were less likely to spread to one versus two visceral organs. • Population-based data findings are consistent with previous clinical results. • Observed metastatic patterns may relate to differences in venous drainage.
ISSN:1877-7821
1877-783X
DOI:10.1016/j.canep.2017.04.003