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Hepatic Resection for Extrahepatic Metastatic Disease: When Is It Reasonable?

  • Dominique Elias
  • , Charles Honoré
  • , Diane Goéré
  • , Leonor Benhaim
  • , David Malka
  • , Valérie Boige
  • , Michel Ducreux
  • Institut Gustave Roussy

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Abstract

The presence of limited and resectable extrahepatic metastases (EHM) in addition to colorectal liver metastases (LM) is no longer a contraindication to surgery. Long-term survival (between 25 and 30 % at 5 years) is possible for highly selected patients. The site of occurrence is a key prognostic factor. Results are best for lung EHM and limited peritoneal metastases (PM), lower when EHM invade the proximal hepatic lymph nodes, and worse for other EHM. Treatment decision making is difficult when faced with an infinite number of possible combinations between the different sites of metastases, their number, and the overall tumor load. General performance status, technical contingency, and chemosensitivity are also important factors to be reckoned with. In the future, a considerable amount of data concerning these patients and new statistical tools will be required to create clear decision trees.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)78-83
Number of pages6
JournalCurrent Colorectal Cancer Reports
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Funding

David Malka has received research support through grants from Amgen and Merck Serono; has received honoraria from Roche, Amgen, Celgene, Sanofi-Aventis, Teva, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Menarini, Merck Serono, Bayer, and Lilly; and has received nonfinancial support from Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and Merck Serono.

Funders
Amgen
Roche
Sanofi
EMD Serono
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Celgene

    Keywords

    • Colorectal
    • Concomitant metastases
    • Extrahepatic disease
    • Extrahepatic metastases
    • Liver metastases
    • Lung metastases
    • Lymph node metastases
    • Nomogram
    • Peritoneal metastases

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