Pathologic Assessment of Response to Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases after Hepatic Resection: Which Method to Use?

摘要

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer receive chemotherapy prior liver resection more and more frequently. Histopathologic assessment methods of the resected specimen could evaluate the response to chemotherapy. In this study it is analyzed if these histopathologic changes are specific to preoperative chemotherapy and if these methods have correlation with survival.