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Effects of the number of neoadjuvant therapy cycles on clinical outcomes, safety, and survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer undergoing metastasectomy

YUNG-SUNG YEH^1,2,3, HSIANG-LIN TSAI^4,5, YEN-CHENG CHEN^4,6, WEI-CHIH SU^4,6, PO-JUNG CHEN^4,6, TSUNG-KUN CHANG^4,6,7, CHING-CHUN LI⁴, CHING-WEN HUANG^4,5, JAW-YUAN WANG^{4,5,6,8,9,10,*}

1 Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
3 Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
4 Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6 Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
7 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
8 Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
9 Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10 Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Pingtung, Taiwan

* Corresponding Authors: JAW-YUAN WANG. Email: ,