Fifteen percent to twenty-five percent of patients affected by colorectal cancer presents with liver metastases at diagnosis. In resectable cases, surgery is the only potentially curative treatment and achieves surviv...Fifteen percent to twenty-five percent of patients affected by colorectal cancer presents with liver metastases at diagnosis. In resectable cases, surgery is the only potentially curative treatment and achieves survival rates up to 50% at 5 years. Management is complex, as colorectal resection, liver resection, chemotherapy, and, in locally advanced mid/low rectal tumors, radiotherapy have to be integrated. Modern medical practice usually relies on evidence-based protocols. Levels of evidence for synchronous metastases are poor:published studies include few recent prospective series and several retrospective analyses collecting a limited number of patients across long periods of time. Data are difficult to be generalized and are mainly representative of single centre's experience, biased by local recruitment, indications and surgical technique. In this context, surgeons have to renounce to "evidence-based medicine" and to adopt a sort of "experience-based medicine". Anyway, some suggestions are possible. Simultaneous colorectal and liver resection can be safely performed whenever minor hepatectomies are planned, while a case-by-case evaluation is mandatory in case of more complex procedures. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is preferentially scheduled for patients with advanced metastatic tumors to assess disease biology and to control lesions. It can be safely performed with primarytumor in situ , even planning simultaneous resection at its end. Locally advanced mid/low rectal tumor represents a further indication to neoadjuvant therapies, even if treatment's schedule is not yet standardized. In summary, several issues have to be solved, but every single HPB centre should define its proper strategy to optimize patient's selection, disease control and safety and completeness of surgery.展开更多
Epithelial ovarian cancer （EOC） is one of the most com-mon malignancies and one of the principal causes of death in gynecological neoplasms. The majority of EOC patients present with an advanced International Fed-er...Epithelial ovarian cancer （EOC） is one of the most com-mon malignancies and one of the principal causes of death in gynecological neoplasms. The majority of EOC patients present with an advanced International Fed-eration of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage disease. The current standard treatment for these patients con-sists of complete cytoreduction and combined systemic chemotherapy of a platinum agent and paclitaxel. Even if the majority of patients with EOC respond to frst-line platinum based chemotherapy, almost 20% of them are resistant or refractory. According to these data, the main risk is for a certain number of patients to have undergone cytoreductive surgery （CRS） and subsequent hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy （HIPEC） in a useful way. Radical surgery, especially in advanced cases, is associated with a high incidence of postoperative morbidity and mortality, which could be increased by the HIPEC. Every effort should be made for previously selected patients to improve outcome and optimize resources. Over the last decade, new options have been introduced to prolong survival. Im-proved long-term results can be achieved using CRS in combination with intraoperative HIPEC. This combina-tion has also been used in an up-front setting. Contro-versial outcomes have been reported for neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy. Different papers have been published reporting discordant results. Further studies are needed.展开更多
文摘Fifteen percent to twenty-five percent of patients affected by colorectal cancer presents with liver metastases at diagnosis. In resectable cases, surgery is the only potentially curative treatment and achieves survival rates up to 50% at 5 years. Management is complex, as colorectal resection, liver resection, chemotherapy, and, in locally advanced mid/low rectal tumors, radiotherapy have to be integrated. Modern medical practice usually relies on evidence-based protocols. Levels of evidence for synchronous metastases are poor:published studies include few recent prospective series and several retrospective analyses collecting a limited number of patients across long periods of time. Data are difficult to be generalized and are mainly representative of single centre's experience, biased by local recruitment, indications and surgical technique. In this context, surgeons have to renounce to "evidence-based medicine" and to adopt a sort of "experience-based medicine". Anyway, some suggestions are possible. Simultaneous colorectal and liver resection can be safely performed whenever minor hepatectomies are planned, while a case-by-case evaluation is mandatory in case of more complex procedures. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is preferentially scheduled for patients with advanced metastatic tumors to assess disease biology and to control lesions. It can be safely performed with primarytumor in situ , even planning simultaneous resection at its end. Locally advanced mid/low rectal tumor represents a further indication to neoadjuvant therapies, even if treatment's schedule is not yet standardized. In summary, several issues have to be solved, but every single HPB centre should define its proper strategy to optimize patient's selection, disease control and safety and completeness of surgery.
文摘Epithelial ovarian cancer （EOC） is one of the most com-mon malignancies and one of the principal causes of death in gynecological neoplasms. The majority of EOC patients present with an advanced International Fed-eration of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage disease. The current standard treatment for these patients con-sists of complete cytoreduction and combined systemic chemotherapy of a platinum agent and paclitaxel. Even if the majority of patients with EOC respond to frst-line platinum based chemotherapy, almost 20% of them are resistant or refractory. According to these data, the main risk is for a certain number of patients to have undergone cytoreductive surgery （CRS） and subsequent hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy （HIPEC） in a useful way. Radical surgery, especially in advanced cases, is associated with a high incidence of postoperative morbidity and mortality, which could be increased by the HIPEC. Every effort should be made for previously selected patients to improve outcome and optimize resources. Over the last decade, new options have been introduced to prolong survival. Im-proved long-term results can be achieved using CRS in combination with intraoperative HIPEC. This combina-tion has also been used in an up-front setting. Contro-versial outcomes have been reported for neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy. Different papers have been published reporting discordant results. Further studies are needed.
