Differences in Metastatic Pattern in Patients Presenting With or Without Obstructing Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Observational Study of 2595 Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with obstructing CRC have more advanced tumor stage compared with patients without obstructing CRC. Synchronous peritoneal metastases are more often encountered in patients with obstructing CRC compared with patients without obstruction. This difference is due to the raised presence of synchronous peritoneal metastases in patients with obstructed right-sided colonic cancer. Furthermore, metachronous metastases are more often found in patients with obstructing CRC. PMID: 31823170 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Ann Oncol - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Ann Surg Oncol Source Type: research