title: Colorectal liver metastases: an update on palliative treatment options.
abstract: Only approximately 30% of patients with colorectal cancer liver metastasis qualify for curative therapy, which is in most cases liver lesion resection. Due primarily to the extent of the tumors and patient comorbidities, palliative therapy remains the only option in non-resection cases. Palliation enables local, symptomatic control and prolonged survival in some cases. As established methods are continuously improved, new palliative therapy methods are tested in clinical trials and subsequently introduced into clinical practice. The present review provides an overview of current colorectal liver metastasis treatment when resection is not an option. This review gives the basis for an interdisciplinary decision making process for the treatment of liver metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. stephan.kersting@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Konopke
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pistorius
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Folprecht
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zöphel
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zoephel
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schuetze
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laniado
authors.forename: Hans-Detlev
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Saeger
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kersting
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*