Does surgical intervention contribute to survival for patients with para-aortic lymph node metastasis from colorectal cancer?

Ann Gastroenterol Surg · 2025 · PMC12414606 · PMID 40922907

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In many subgroups, surgical resection had a favorable trend to improve survival compared to chemotherapy, especially in patients with poorly differentiated histology (HR [95% CI] 0.30 [0.11–0.83]), solitary clinical PALNM (0.33 [0.17–0.64]), or the presence of concurrent distant metastasis (0.34 [0.18–0.63]).

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