Figure 4From: Clinicopathological analysis of recurrence patterns and prognostic factors for survival after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastasis Survival curves according to the presence of extrahepatic recurrence after the initial hepatectomy. The presence of recurrence is denoted as "(+)" and absence "(-)". The presence of extrahepatic recurrence were associated with a significant difference in survival after initial hepatectomy (P = 0.0217).Back to article page