Treatment of Metachronous and Simultaneous Liver Metastases of Pancreatic Cancer

2009

<i>Aim:</i> Patients were analyzed who underwent treatment of liver metastases from pancreatic cancer. <i>Methods:</i> Selection criteria were the possibility of R0 resection of the primary and/or the liver metastases, no other sites of metastases, and the presentation of liver metastases. A comparison of treatment by surgery versus chemotherapy regarding overall survival and disease-free interval was performed. <i>Results:</i> Between 1996 and 2008, a total number of 23 patients were retrospectively identified from a prospective database of 193 cases of pancreatic cancer. In 14 cases, liver metastases were found simultaneously, and in 9 cases metachronou…