Long-Term Survival with Surgery for Nodal Recurrence Following Complete Response to Therapy for De-Novo, Stage IV, Liver-Limited Colorectal Cancer

Ciara M Kelly and Nancy E Kemeny

Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

^*Correspondance to: Nancy E Kemeny 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1303

Abstract

The lung and liver represent common sites of oligometastatic, recurrent colorectal cancer (CRC). The incidence of solitary nodal recurrences from CRC is low. A large volume of evidence exists to guide the management of patients with isolated recurrence to the liver or lung from which survival data supports an aggressive surgical approach. However, there is a dearth of information pertaining to the therapeutic strategy and long-term outcomes of patients with isolated nodal recurrences, particularly in the setting of previous definitive treatment for stage IV disease. This case report describes two cases whereby an aggressive surgical approach for nodal recurrence is associated with long-term survival following initial complete response to therapy for stage IV CRC to liver.

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Kelly CM, Kemeny NE. Long-Term Survival with Surgery for Nodal Recurrence Following Complete Response to Therapy for De-Novo, Stage IV, Liver-Limited Colorectal Cancer. Clin Surg. 2017; 2: 1303.