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Aims. This case report presents a patient with local unresectable primary rectal cancer and multiple synchronous liver metastases.
Methods. The treatment consisted of primary tumor resection after down-staging by local irradiation followed by hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
Results. The patient is now without any signs of tumor growth 44 months after beginning of treatment.
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Kornmann, M., Link, K. Conversion of locally inoperable primary rectal cancer with multiple liver metastases to an option for cure after local down-staging and hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. Langenbeck’s Arch Surg 387, 90–93 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-002-0295-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-002-0295-9