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Successful treatment of conversion chemotherapy for initially unresectable synchronous colorectal liver metastasis
Kenta Baba, Akihiko Oshita, Mohei Kohyama, Satoshi Inoue, Yuta Kuroo, Takuro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yoichi Sugiyama, Tatsuya Tazaki, Masaru Sasaki, Yuji Imamura, Yutaka Daimaru, Hideki Ohdan, Atsushi Nakamitsu
Kenta Baba, Akihiko Oshita, Mohei Kohyama, Satoshi Inoue, Yuta Kuroo, Takuro Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yoichi Sugiyama, Tatsuya Tazaki, Masaru Sasaki, Yuji Imamura, Atsushi Nakamitsu, Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima 738-8503, Japan
Akihiko Oshita, Hideki Ohdan, Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Yutaka Daimaru, Department of Pathology, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hiroshima 738-8503, Japan
Author contributions: The first two authors contributed equally to this work; Oshita A and Kohyama M designed the surgical strategy; Oshita A, Baba K, Kohyama M and Sasaki M performed the operation; Inoue S, Kuroo Y, Yamaguchi T, Nakamura H, Sugiyama Y, Tazaki T, Imamura Y and Nakamitsu A are members of the operating team; Daimaru Y evaluated the historical findings; Baba K and Oshita A wrote the paper; Ohdan H revised the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Akihiko Oshita, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, 1-3-3 Jigozen, Hatsuka-ichi, Hiroshima 738-8503, Japan. oshita-akihiko@umin.ac.jp
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Received: May 23, 2014
Peer-review started: May 26, 2014
First decision: June 18, 2014
Revised: July 3, 2014
Accepted: July 24, 2014
Article in press: July 25, 2014
Published online: February 14, 2015