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. 2018 Jul 27;5(1):e000217. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000217

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Word cluster diagram of colorectal cancer liver metastases growth pattern terminology. Original terms for the histological growth patterns in the literature are shown in a font size proportional to their absolute frequency (n=22 studies, not considering the consensus guidelines¹⁸ as these already reflect a distillate from previous studies). These are grouped and coloured by similarity into ‘consensus terms’ (‘desmoplastic’, green; ‘pushing’, blue; and ‘replacement’, red). The filled green shape indicates terms related to ‘capsule’.