Second-Look Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Revised Selection Factors and New Treatment Options for Greater Success

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"><i>Major:</i></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Liver metastases &gt;4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Performance status &gt;2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Serious medical condition</td></tr><tr><td align="left">  Renal failure with creatinine &gt;3</td></tr><tr><td align="left">  Cardiac failure with ejection fraction &lt;50%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">  Malnutrition</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Radiologic study showing systemic disease</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Minor<b>: </b></i></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Obesity</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Low rectal cancer</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Intestinal obstruction from progressive cancer or a long interval</td></tr><tr><td align="left">between cancer recurrence and second look</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Ineligibility requirements in patients considered for second-look surgery.

International Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Table 3: Second-Look Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: Revised Selection Factors and New Treatment Options for Greater Success 