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Erschienen in: Current Colorectal Cancer Reports 2/2013

01.06.2013 | Colorectal Cancer Hepatic Metastases (KK Tanabe, Section Editor)

Use of Chemotherapy in the Resection of Liver Metastases of Colorectal Cancer

verfasst von: Anya Litvak, Leonard Saltz

Erschienen in: Current Colorectal Cancer Reports | Ausgabe 2/2013

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Abstract

R0 resection has proved curative in a subset of patients with colorectal liver metastases. Unfortunately, the incidence of recurrence is high. For this reason, chemotherapy has been used at the preoperative and/or postoperative settings in clearly resectable disease in an attempt to eradicate micrometastasis and, hopefully, increase the oncological benefit of resection. For patients whose disease is not resectable but would become resectable as a result of a substantial response to treatment, chemotherapy is used to “convert” unresectable to resectable disease. This paper will review the use of perioperative chemotherapy, discuss issues regarding administration of chemotherapy before or after surgery, and review evidence regarding the use of specific cytotoxic and targeted agents.
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Metadaten
Titel
Use of Chemotherapy in the Resection of Liver Metastases of Colorectal Cancer
verfasst von
Anya Litvak
Leonard Saltz
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2013
Verlag
Current Science Inc.
Erschienen in
Current Colorectal Cancer Reports / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1556-3790
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-3804
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11888-013-0160-y

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