Right versus left sided metastatic colorectal cancer: Teasing out clinicopathologic drivers of disparity in survival

• Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 136 - 143
• Main Authors: Mendis, Shehara, Beck, Sophie, Lee, Belinda, Lee, Margaret, Wong, Rachel, Kosmider, Suzanne, Shapiro, Jeremy, Yip, Desmond, Steel, Simone, Nott, Louise, Jennens, Ross, Lipton, Lara, Burge, Matthew, Field, Kathryn, Ananda, Sumitra, Wong, Hui‐Li, Gibbs, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Cancer; Cancer therapies; Chemotherapy; colonic neoplasms; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Medical prognosis; Metastases; Metastasis; Mismatch repair; Multivariate analysis; Peritoneum; proportional hazards models; rectal neoplasms; Rectum; registries; Spleen; Survival; Tumors; rectal neoplasms; colonic neoplasms; registries; multivariate analysis; proportional hazards models

Background Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients with a right‐sided primary (RC) have an inferior survival to mCRC arising from a left‐sided primary (LC). Previous analyses have suggested multiple factors contribute. Methods The Treatment of Recurrent and Advanced Colorectal Cancer (TRACC) Re...