Julie Hallet, President at Society of Surgical Ergonomics, shared on X about a recent paper by Kozo Kataoka et al. published on JAMA Network:
“Do CRLM truly disappear after chemotherapy?
DREAM study: 233 patients MRI + CT most accurate 63% truly nonviable 24% visible on intraop US No change OS with resection vs not (small numbers)
If disappeared CRLM: plan resection or trust it disappeared?”
Title: Diagnostic Accuracy of Imaging in Assessing Nonviability of Disappearing Colorectal Liver Metastasis
Authors: Kozo Kataoka, Murielle Mauer, Manabu Shiozawa, Sandrine Marreaud, Yoji Kishi, Jedelyn Cabrieto, Hiroaki Onaya, Michel Ducreux, Takeshi Suto, Hyunseon Christine Kang, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi, Alice Fung, Masayoshi Yasui, Michel Rivoire, Toru Tonooka, Roberto Ivan Troisi, Kenichi Nakamura, Stefan Stättner, Yusuke Kinugasa, Wai Chin Foo, Grégoire Desolneux, Benjamin Bonhomme, Masataka Ikeda, Carmela Caballero, Florian Lordick, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Serge Evrard
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