Liver metastases resection for gastric and esophageal tumors: is there enough evidence to go down this path?

摘要: ABSTRACTIntroduction: Surgical resection of liver metastases from colorectal and neuroendocrine tumours has become a standard care for resectable patients with isolated hepatic disease good performance status, leading to extended survival in carefully selected subgroup these patients. However, the role surgery gastric oesophageal is controversial not clearly defined.Areas covered:a systematic electronic literature search was performed select most representative evidence regarding hepatectomies two tumours. PubMed, Medline, Embase Ovid Google Scholar databases were scanned articles written English published peer-reviewed journals between 1994 May 2016.Expert commentary: Given shortage randomised studies limited number many discussed here, base use settings strong. Thus, while data resections ...