Absence of colorectal cancer metastasis to the cirrhotic liver.
Hepatic metastasis of colorectal cancer was found in 40 (16%) of 250 patients with colorectal cancer treated in our department during the past 5 years. Liver cirrhosis was not found among the 40 patients with metastases (16%) but was present in 46 (21.9%) of the 210 nonmetastatic patients, with a significant difference between the two groups (p less than 0.001). The rate of patients who were positive for hepatitis B surface antibody was 10% in the metastatic group and 34.3% in the nonmetastatic group, with a significant difference (p less than 0.01). These findings suggest that colorectal cancer does not metastasize to the injured liver, especially the cirrhotic liver.
Uetsuji
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S
Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Osaka, Japan.
Yamamura
M
M
Yamamichi
K
K
Okuda
Y
Y
Takada
H
H
Hioki
K
K
D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male