title: Synchronous resection for colorectal liver metastases: the future.
abstract: Colorectal Cancer is a common malignancy. Many patients have metastatic disease at presentation and a significant proportion subsequently go onto develop metastatic disease, following surgery for the primary disease. Some groups advocate that synchronous metastatic disease should be resected at the same time as the primary, whereas others believe that outcomes are better following delayed resection for metastatic disease. The following review aims to outline the arguments in favour of both and to suggest some broad guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Aintree, United Kingdom. samirpathak@doctors.net.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarno
authors.forename: Q M
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Poston
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome