Review
Surgical treatment of liver metastases of gastric cancer: state of the art
Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital- University of Milano Bicocca, Via Donizetti 106, Monza 20052, Italy
World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012, 10:157 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-10-157
Published: 3 August 2012Abstract
Background
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.
