J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 102(5): 409-411, 2001

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LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR LIVER METASTASES OF COLORECTAL CANCER

First Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Koichi Urata, Seiji Kawasaki

Because of the critical shortage of donor organs, liver transplantation for metastatic tumors should be reserved for patients in whom long-term survival is possible. Transplantation in patients with metastatic tumors from colorectal cancer has resulted only in short disease-free intervals, and palliation was achieved in only a few patients. In patients with symptomatic neuroendocrine tumors unresponsive to conventional therapy, on the other hand, reasonably good disease-free intervals and prolonged survival may justify liver transplantation.

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