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Liver Metastases — Surgical Treatment
- Source :
- Liver Tumors-Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- InTech, 2013.
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Abstract
- Liver metastases are now detected at earlier stages because of the improvement in imaging techniques and the closer follow-up of cancer patients. The right lobe is metastasized to more frequently than the left, mainly due to the preference of tumour emboli circulating through the right portal vein as a feature of the portal stream. Liver metastases may also arise from draining lymphnodes through venolymphatics communications or the thoracic duct [1]. Lymphatic metastases may arise from these portal blood born liver metastases, usually pointing to a very poor prognosis.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Liver Tumors-Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....44eb70cd0919dee5e7750f1d3eac81c7