%0 Journal Article
%T Factors affecting surgical margin recurrence after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases
%A Charles Miller
%A Cristiano Quintini
%A Eren Berber
%A Federico Aucejo
%A John Fung
%A Muhammet Akyuz
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%X In 2013, 142,000 new patients with colorectal cancer were diagnosed in the United States (1). Although, the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer have been declining over the recent years, about 10¨C25% of these patients present with synchronous liver metastasis; while another 20¨C50% will develop metachronous liver metastases during the course of their disease (2-6). Liver resection is the only potentially curative treatment in these patients, resulting in 5-year survival rates of 32% to 58% (2,3,6-11). However, hepatic recurrence occurs in 50% of patients during follow-up, with 2.8% to 13.9% presenting with surgical margin recurrence (SMR) (6,11-15). SMR is not reported consistently in the hepatectomy literature. Furthermore, there are very few studies focusing on the incidence and predictors of SMR (12,14,15)
%U http://gs.amegroups.com/article/view/8925/11006