TY - JOUR AU - ’t Lam - Boer, Jorine AU - Mol, Linda AU - Verhoef, Cornelis AU - de Haan, Anton F. J. AU - Yilmaz, Mette AU - Punt, Cornelis J. A. AU - de Wilt, Johannes H. W. AU - Koopman, Miriam PY - 2014 DA - 2014/10/02 TI - The CAIRO4 study: the role of surgery of the primary tumour with few or absent symptoms in patients with synchronous unresectable metastases of colorectal cancer – a randomized phase III study of the Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group (DCCG) JO - BMC Cancer SP - 741 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - There is no consensus regarding resection of the primary tumour with few or absent symptoms in patients with synchronous unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). A potential benefit of resection of the primary tumour is to prevent complications of the primary tumour in later stages of the disease. We here propose a randomized trial in order to demonstrate that resection of the primary tumour improves overall survival. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-741 DO - 10.1186/1471-2407-14-741 ID - ’t Lam - Boer2014 ER -