title: Chairperson's introduction: Survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer has dramatically improved over the last decade. .
authors.affiliation: Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Cornells J H
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: van de Velde
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends; D013534:Survival / Q000502:physiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors