title: Neoadjuvant treatment before resection of liver metastases.
abstract: Surgical resection remains the only treatment of colorectal liver metastases that can ensure long-term survival and cure in some patient. However, only a minority of patients with liver metastases are amenable to surgery. Other patients can benefit from modern chemotherapy regimens, which achieve high response rates but are rarely sufficient for cure. In patients with unresectable metastases, neoadjuvant chemotherapy may increase the number of candidates for potentially curative resection, hence affording these patients the possibility of prolonged survival. For patients with resectable metastases, it is likely that the benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery will be demonstrated in the near future but is not yet validated. The integration of novel targeted agents will probably transform the therapeutic strategy for colorectal liver metastases.
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Department Digestive and Oncologic Surgery, Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benoist
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nordlinger
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents