Open AccessSelection Criteria for Simultaneous Resection in Patients With Synchronous Liver Metastasis
Author(s) -
Masami Minagawa,
Junji Yamamoto,
Shiro Miwa,
Yoshihiro Sakamoto,
Norihiro Kokudo,
Tomoo Kosuge,
Shinichi Miyagawa,
Masatoshi Makuuchi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.141.10.1006
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , colorectal cancer , hepatectomy , surgery , lymph node , cancer , primary tumor , oncology , resection
While simultaneous resection has been shown to be safe and effective in patients with synchronous metastasis, neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by hepatectomy has gradually gained acceptance for both initially nonresectable metastasis and resectable metastasis. The boundary between these treatments is becoming unclear. We hypothesized that factors associated with colorectal cancer may play an important role in the prognosis of patients with synchronous metastasis and may be useful for identifying patients who can be expected to have adequate results following simultaneous resection.