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- 2015
Robotic adrenalectomy for sigmoid colon cancer oligometastasisDOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.12.26 Abstract: Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy affecting males. Up to 20% of the patients reveal distant metastasis at presentation, with most common sites being liver, lung, and peritoneum in decreasing order of frequency. Literature reveals reasonably good long-term outcomes for colorectal cancers with metastasis to liver and lung. However, presence of metastasis to the adrenal gland is regarded as an indicator of widespread disease, and, hence, most of these patients are treated with palliative intent. We are reporting a case of isolated metastasis to the adrenal gland treated with curative intent
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