The Landmark Series: Randomized Control Trials Examining Perioperative Chemotherapy and Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastasis

Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Jean Nicolas Vauthey

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Abstract

Surgical resection remains the only curative treatment option for patients with colorectal liver metastases (CLM). However, the high recurrence rate after resection has led physicians to investigate multidisciplinary treatments combining surgery and medical therapy. Currently, the evidence to support medical therapy in patients with resectable CLM is limited. For patients with resectable CLM, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines (version 2.2020) for colon and rectal cancer recommends either upfront surgery and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or preoperative chemotherapy followed by surgery and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. This article reviews randomized control trials regarding medical therapy before and after curative resection of CLM, and summarizes the updated long-term report of the New EPOC trial which investigated the addition of cetuximab to perioperative chemotherapy for patients with resectable CLM.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4263-4270
Number of pages8
JournalAnnals of surgical oncology
Volume27
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Oncology

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