%0 Journal Article
%T Chemotherapy and target therapy as neo-adjuvant approach for initially unresectable colorectal liver metastases
%A Luigi Rossi
%A Angelo Zullo
%A Federica Zoratto
%A Anselmo Papa
%J Oncology Reviews
%D 2012
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/oncol.2012.e6
%X Although surgery is the most effective treatment for liver metastases in colorectal cancer patients, only 15-20% of these patients are suitable for a radical surgical approach, and metastases recurrence may occur at follow up. In the last decade, the use of pre-operative chemotherapy in combination with new biological drugs has been introduced. We reviewed data of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy strategies aimed at increasing the resection rate of liver metastases in colorectal cancer patients who were initially considered unresectable.
%K liver metastasis
%K colorectal cancer
%K chemotherapy
%K neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
%K biological therapy
%K bevacizumab
%K cetuximab.
%U http://www.oncologyreviews.org/index.php/or/article/view/179