Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer can be reassured that their overall quality of life likely won t suffer if they opt for tumor debulking, a new study suggests.
New research in the October 2023 issue of JNCCN-;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that intensive local-regional treatment to remove as much tumor as possible (known as "debulking"), in addition to standard systemic therapy, does not impact overall quality of life significantly for people with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Adding debulking surgery to chemotherapy did not cause a significant decrease in health-related quality of life for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, research showed.
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