Onkológia 6/2009

Surgical treatment of colorectal cancer metastases in the liver

Settlement of colorectal cancer metastases in the liver is a typical example of the dynamic development of new techniques in oncology. Surgery, it is also currently irreplaceable in the treatment of liver metastases of colorectal cancer, where surgical treatment now steadily growing new therapeutic methods and thus give a chance for patients in whom resection is not possible. Advances in chemotherapy significantly affect the results of surgical treatment and treat this disease can be considered an example of an interdisciplinary approach to solving cancer. Increasingly sophisticated equipment along with ample experience in hepatobiliary surgery have significantly reduced the number of postoperative complications, leading to continuous improvement of survival results in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in the liver.

Keywords: colorectal cancer, liver metastases, surgical treatment, resection, chemotherapy