Bilobar colorectal liver metastases: treatment options.
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Date publication
juillet 2008
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr PESSAUX Patrick
Tous les auteurs :
Jaeck D, Pessaux P
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Résumé
Although prospective, randomized clinical trials never have been conducted, retrospective and comparative studies strongly indicate that hepatic resection is the only available treatment that allows long-term survival in colorectal carcinoma that has metastasized to the liver. Unfortunately, curative resection can be performed in less than 25% of the patients. Ten years ago, hepatic resection was contraindicated in case of multiple or bilobar nodules. Currently, the trend is to be more aggressive and to increase the indications for surgical resection with the development of new strategies using a multidisciplinary approach.
Référence
Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2008 Jul;17(3):553-68, ix.