Brent Xia: Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death and the rate continues to rise
Written by Brent Xia
As the third leading cause of new cancer diagnoses as well as deaths each year in the United States, the rate of colorectal cancer continues to rise, predominately attributed to the increase in occurrence amongst people under the age of 50.
Just as alarming is the downstream rise in the incidence of colorectal liver metastases, the most common site of growth outside of the primary cancer site.
Approximately 30-50% of all patients with colorectal cancer will develop liver metastases.
In many types of cancers, once the disease has spread outside of the primary organ of origin, this is considered incurable. However, due to the unique biology and advances in multimodal management of colorectal liver metastases, this does not follow traditional oncology patterns, as long-term survival and disease clearance is achievable.
