Preoperative Imaging in Colorectal Liver Metastases: Current Practices

Current status in imaging of colorectal liver metastases.

Colorectal cancer is a common malignancy that often metastasizes to the liver. Evaluation of the liver for metastases is important for staging and prognosis. Resection of limited hepatic metastases can result in prolonged survival. Imaging is vital to select appropriate patients to avoid unnecessary surgery. A variety of modern imaging tools can be used to detect and characterise hepatic lesion...

Resection of colorectal liver metastases: current perspectives.

BACKGROUND Metastases to the liver is the leading cause of death in patients with colorectal cancer. METHODS The authors review the data on diagnosis and management of this clinical problem, and they discuss management options that can be considered. RESULTS Complete surgical resection of metastases from colorectal cancer that are localized to the liver results in 5-year survival rates rang...

Current therapeutic options for colorectal liver metastases.

Efficacy of laparoscopic liver resection in colorectal liver metastases and the influence of preoperative chemotherapy

BACKGROUND Since 1993, we have performed minimally invasive laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) to treat malignant liver cancer, including colorectal liver metastases (CLM). However, further studies are needed to accumulate sufficient evidence on the oncological outcome of LLR for CLM. METHODS To elucidate the efficacy of LLR for CLM, this study comparatively analyzed the invasiveness and shor...

Bevacizumab with preoperative chemotherapy versus preoperative chemotherapy alone for colorectal cancer liver metastases

This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab plus preoperative chemotherapy as first-line treatment for liver-only metastatic colorectal cancer in Chinese patients compared with those of preoperative chemotherapy alone.Patients with histologically confirmed liver-only metastatic colorectal cancer were sequentially reviewed, and received either preoperative chemotherapy plus...