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Unusual Case - Two-stage laparoscopic resection of colon cancer and metastatic liver tumour Iwashita Yukio, Sasaki Atsushi, Matsumoto Toshifumi, Shibata Kohei, Inomata Masafumi, Ohta Masayuki, Kitano Seigo Abstract We report herein the case of 70-year-old woman in whom colon cancer and a synchronous metastatic liver tumour were successfully resected laparoscopically. The tumours were treated in two stages. Both postoperative courses were uneventful, and there has been no recurrence during the 8 months since the second procedure. Keywords Colorectal cancer, metastatic liver tumour, laparoscopic hepatectomy, laparoscopy-assisted colectomy

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