BACKGROUND: In case of distant metastases @entity0 is generally regarded as incurable. Therefore liver surgery is withheld from those @entity1 , even in cases of isolated liver metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Over 11 years we performed 35 liver resections in 34 @entity1 with liver metastases of @entity0 . The median age was 47 years. The median interval between the primary operation and the liver resection was 27.3 months. 59% of the @entity1 had a solitary metastasis. RESULTS: Curative (R0) resection was possible in 86%. Operative mortality was 3% (n = 1). Overall 5-year survival was 18.4% (median 27 months). Prognosis was significantly (p < 0.001) better following R0-resection (22%, median 41.5 months) than after R1/2-resection (maximum 20 months, median 5 months). Beside the radicality an unfavorable influence on the prognosis could be demonstrated only for a prior local recurrence of the @entity5 (p < 0.05). Other factors like stage of the @entity5 and number and size of the metastases were without prognostic significance. CONCLUSIONS: @entity1 with isolated liver metastases of @entity0 may have a long lasting benefit from liver resection. In individual cases cure may be possible.

Liver metastases of XXXX : results of liver resection.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patients'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['primary tumor'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['breast cancer']
