MCQ revision - Liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma

• 50% of patients with colorectal carcinoma will develop liver metastases
• The median survival with liver metastases is 1 year
• Criteria for resection
• Less than 3 metastases
• Single lobe involvement
• At least 20% of the liver must be spared
• No evidence of IVC invasion
• Hepatic resection is a potentially curative procedure
• Radiofrequency ablation is not curative but is an alternative to surgically non-resectable metastases. It can get rid of up to 90% of metastases.