Interní Med. 2014; 16(6): 247-250
Effective diagnostic – therapeutic approach to patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma leads to more than 50 % 5 year survival. Most
effective treatment is curable liver resection with primary indication in 20 % of patients. Other 15–20 % patients reach resection after
conversion systemic antitumor therapy. There are special techniques (combined procedures, two stages operations) or portal venous
embolisation followed by resection after hypertrophy of liver remnant. Multidisciplinary approach is only the condition for successful
treatment on the base of personalized medicine principles in these patients.
Published: December 16, 2014 Show citation