Original article title
Estimating the clinical benefit of metastases resection in liver-limited metastatic colorectal cancer: an IPD-based pooled analysis of nine randomized trials.
Takeaway
A pooled analysis linked longer disease-free survival after colorectal liver-metastasis resection to longer survival. Patients with early relapse had no statistically significant overall survival advantage over unresected patients; surgery was associated with less time on systemic therapy.
Keep in mind
Pooled trial data; surgery itself was not randomized.
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