Resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases in older patients

Abstract

Background: Colorectal cancer remains a common cancer in the western world, with liver resection being the only potentially curative option for isolated colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLM). Cancer is a disease of aging, with the optimum management of elderly patients with CRCLM presenting an ongoing dilemma. Methods: We analysed the outcome of CRCLM using prospectively collected patient data from the multidisciplinary Treatment of Recurrent and Advanced Colorectal Cancer registry, collected from July 2009 to July 2018 at 12 Australian hospitals. Results: Of 2742 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, liver-limited disease was present in 977 (36%) patients, of whom 338 (35%) under..