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. 2018 Nov 15;10:5649–5658. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S180173

Table 4.

Median survival of colorectal cancer patients by the extent of systemic metastatic disease

Subtype Survival, median, months
Extracranial systemic disease only Extracranial systemic disease and brain metastases

Extracranial metastasis to bone, lung, and liver or number of metastasis sites
Bone 23.91 (22.81-25.01) 10.53 (3.96-17.11)
Lung 14.36 (13.86-14.86) 10.52 (7.02-14.02)
Liver 21.21 (20.86-21.57) 11.66 (8.35-14.97)
Two sites 13.93 (11.76-16.10) 8.85 (7.13-10.97)
All three sites 9.51 (8.41-10.62) 7.34 (4.82-9.86)