title: Surgical treatment of liver metastases of gastric cancer: state of the art.
abstract: The prognosis of patients with liver metastases from gastric cancer (LMGC) is dismal, and little is known about prognostic factors in these patients; so justification for surgical resection is still controversial. Furthermore the results of chemotherapy for these patients are disappointing. The purpose of this study was to review recent outcomes of hepatectomy for LMGC and to determine the suitable candidates for surgery, assessing the surgical results and clinicopathologic features. Moreover we compare these results with those obtained with alternative treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital- University of Milano Bicocca, Italy. Fabrizio.romano@unimib.it
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garancini
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uggeri
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Degrate
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nespoli
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gianotti
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nespoli
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uggeri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*