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Different incidence of synchronous liver metastasis between proximal and distal colon cancer

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Purpose

The clinicopathological features of colon cancer differ between proximal and distal sites; however, the influence of tumor location on liver metastasis has not been fully examined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in the features of liver metastasis between proximal and distal colon cancer.

Methods

The clinicopathological data from 931 colon cancer patients who were treated surgically were examined retrospectively using a multivariate analysis.

Results

The incidence of synchronous liver metastasis was 7.1% (31/438) in proximal colon patients and 11.6% (57/493) in distal colon patients. Both univariate and multivariate analyses showed distal colon cancer to be a risk factor for synchronous liver metastasis.

Conclusion

The incidence of synchronous liver metastasis differs between proximal and distal colon cancer.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Fukuoka Teishin Hospital, 2-6-11 Yakuin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, 810-8798, Japan

    Daisuke Yoshida, Yoichi Ikeda & Keiichiro Waki

  2. Department of Surgery, National Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yoichi Ikeda

  3. Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Keiichiro Waki, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Shunichi Tsujitani & Yoshihiko Maehara

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Yoshida, D., Ikeda, Y., Waki, K. et al. Different incidence of synchronous liver metastasis between proximal and distal colon cancer. Surg Today 42, 426–430 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-011-0056-x

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