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BRAZILIAN CONSENSUS FOR MULTIMODAL TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES. MODULE 3: CONTROVERSIES AND UNRESECTABLE METASTASES.

Authors :
Torres OJ
Marques MC
Santos FN
Farias IC
Coutinho AK
Oliveira CV
Kalil AN
Mello CA
Kruger JA
Fernandes GD
Quireze C Jr
Murad AM
Silva MJ
Zurstrassen CE
Freitas HC
Cruz MR
Weschenfelder R
Linhares MM
Castro LD
Vollmer C
Dixon E
Ribeiro HS
Coimbra FJ
Source :
Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery [Arq Bras Cir Dig] 2016 Jul-Sep; Vol. 29 (3), pp. 173-179.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

In the last module of this consensus, controversial topics were discussed. Management of the disease after progression during first line chemotherapy was the first discussion. Next, the benefits of liver resection in the presence of extra-hepatic disease were debated, as soon as, the best sequence of treatment. Conversion chemotherapy in the presence of unresectable liver disease was also discussed in this module. Lastly, the approach to the unresectable disease was also discussed, focusing in the best chemotherapy regimens and hole of chemo-embolization.<br />Competing Interests: none

Details

Language :
English; Portuguese
ISSN :
2317-6326
Volume :
29
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27759781
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-6720201600030011