Liver metastases and SBRT: A new paradigm?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The outstanding innovations made by early diagnosis, novel surgical techniques, effective chemotherapy regimens and conformal radiotherapy, have significantly improved patients overall survival and quality of life. Multidisciplinary approach to cancer has also led to an increased prevalence of patients with few, organ-confined metastases, who can experience long-term survival even if their disease is no longer localized. Liver is one of the most common site for metastatic disease from several cancers, and when metastatic disease is confined to liver, given the ability of this organ to regenerate almost to its optimal volume, surgical resection represents the standard of care because is associated with a better prognosis. Approximately 70-90% of liver metastases, however,

SUBMITTER: Comito T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4661346 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature