RESECTION OF THE LIVER FOR METASTATIC CANCER

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 158  (1) , 46-48
Abstract
In a 16 mo. period, 20 resections of the liver were performed at a community hospital, 10 of which were for metastatic liver cancer, 9 for metastatic colon carinoma and 1 for metastatic breast carcinoma. At the end of 2 yr, 9 of the 10 patients in whom the metastatic liver disease was resected were alive. The longest survival time presently is 43 mo. following resection of the liver; this patient is clinically free of disease. Extensive resections of the liver for metastatic carcinoma of the liver have periously been done primarily at major cancer centers. Recent improvement in techology and support services available at community cancer centers is rapidly making such resections a safe and preferred method of managing isolated metastases to the liver.

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