Ze-Lun Li

Association between primary-site surgery and overall survival in non-metastatic and metastatic colorectal cancer: a population-based study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database

In M0 disease, no recorded primary-site surgery was uncommon, usually reflected that surgery was not recommended, and was associated with substantially shorter observed survival, which underscores the need for individualized clinical decision-making based on registry survival comparisons.