Risk Factors for the Development of Metachronous Liver Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer Patients After Curative Resection

Abstract

The present study demonstrates that preoperative serum CEA level, tumor depth, lymph node metastasis, and positive vascular invasion could affect the occurrence of MLM in CRC patients following curative resection, and thus could help to define these high-risk patients who would benefit from enhanced surveillance and therapeutic program(s).