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Colon cancer pt with 1 met in liver , 1 nod?
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You could be cured : You could be easily treated with proper chemotherapy treatments and depending on how big is your liver tumor and location, this specific management can range from surgical resection to tumor ablation.
Answered 2/2/2018
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Curable: Those cases are potentially curable with liver resection with a 5 yr survival of 25-40% Need to go to a specialty ctr
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