Presurgical chemotherapy in patients being considered for liver resection.
Kemeny N. Presurgical chemotherapy in patients being considered for liver resection. Oncologist. 2007 Jul;12(7):825-39. Review. PMID: 17673614
A timely review by a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center with a special expertise in developing new chemotherapy regimens for colorectal cancer. From the conclusion:
"In patients who are clearly unresectable, there is no question that chemotherapy is the appropriate treatment. However, for those who are clearly resectable, there may be harm in giving preoperative chemotherapy. Until studies demonstrate that preoperative chemotherapy is useful in the resectable patient, those patients should be offered resection first and then be treated with postoperative chemotherapy (systemic therapy or HAI plus systemic therapy). A multidisciplinary approach is essential to develop an effective treatment plan for patients with liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma."
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