Is Surgical Treatment Effective or Contraindicated in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Exhibiting Extrahepatic Metastasis?

• Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 594 - 601
• Main Authors: Hirokawa, Fumitoshi, Komeda, Koji, Asakuma, Mitsuhiro, Shimizu, Tetsunosuke, Kagota, Syuji, Tomioka, Atsushi, Uchiyama, Kazuhisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Gastroenterology; Hepatectomy; Humans; Liver; Liver Neoplasms - secondary; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metastasis; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Original Article; Prognosis; Surgery; Survival Rate; Tumors; Resectable liver metastasis from colorectal cancer (CRLM); Curability; Extrahepatic metastasis

Background Surgical resection for patients with hepatic and extrahepatic colorectal metastases remains controversial. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of curative resection of distant extrahepatic metastatic lesions in patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). Methods From 2007 to...