title: Surgical resection of metastatic liver tumors.
abstract: The liver is a common site of metastatic cancers. Abundant data now support surgical resection as the treatment of choice for metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver. For symptomatic neuroendocrine tumors, resection also is a useful palliative therapy. Roles for resection of metastatic cancer from other primary sites have yet to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kavolius
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blumgart
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate