Treatment Options for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

Treatment Options for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

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Zhiming Zhao
The Second Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China

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The liver is the most common site of metastasis in colorectal cancer (CRC). Treatment of liver metastases determines the prognosis of patients with CRC. Tremendous progress has been made during the last two decades, which has greatly improved the overall survival of CRC patients. Currently, various treatment options are available, including hepatectomy, liver transplantation, local regional therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immune therapy, inevitably leading to some controversies on treatment indications and selection of treatment strategy. Here, we reviewed the existing approaches to treat colorectal cancer liver metastases, with the aim of examining several crucial questions regarding surgical resection, liver transplantation, and medical treatment in clinical practice.

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Review Article
Publication history
Received: Thu 02, Apr 2020
Accepted: Fri 17, Apr 2020
Published: Thu 23, Apr 2020
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© 2023 Zhiming Zhao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.04.04