This truly requires collaboration. A medical oncologist specializes in treating cancer with chemotherapy and other targeted therapies. Previously, pathology reports were the only indication of a cancer diagnosis in the colon.
Now, medical oncologists can go further into the molecular content of a tumor. This molecular testing helps with treatment decisions. There are two types of molecular testing. Depending on the tumor, an oncologist might use these tests:. Microsatellite instability is when there is a defect in the ability to repair DNA mistakes in your cells. Knowing that a patient has microsatellite stability can help predict a positive response to immunotherapy.
KRAS is a gene that often mutates in the presence of colon cancer. Knowing that a patient has this mutation predicts a lack of response to certain drugs. Once molecular testing is complete, your cancer specialists will discuss the best treatment for your cancer, which often includes chemotherapy. The treatment of choice for cancer that has spread to the liver is surgery. The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate, so as long as 20 percent of the liver remains after surgery, it can regrow and retain functionality.
If the tumor is so large that it requires more than 80 percent of your liver to be removed, doctors may consider using a procedure called preoperative embolization, which blocks the blood supply to a portion of the liver and tumor. This essentially starves the tumor and shunts blood to the healthy liver to stimulate liver growth and allow surgery to be safely performed.
When you have cancer of the liver and the colon, you may be able to have surgery to remove both cancers at once or do a staged approach. Your surgeon will discuss which option is best for you. The stool sample is based on the fact that, at an early stage, cancer can bleed and release cells into the intestinal lumen.
SEPT9 is a guanine triphosphatase; its hypermethylation of its promoter region being associated with colorectal cancer. Aberrant methylation of SEPT9 at the tissue level discriminates between a neoplasm and normal mucous. Ceramide is a proapoptotic sphingolipid generated after radiation in the outer layer of the outer cellular-membrane layer by the hydrolysis of the sphingomyelin of sphingomyelinase acid or of the neutral sphingomyelinase; it is synthesized de novo in the endoplasmic reticulum.
Dubios et al 40 compared the levels of pre- and postoperative ceramide with resection of the tumor, observing that total levels of ceramide and of the four main subtypes were higher on days 3 and 10 of treatment, with an objective response.
High levels of the carcinoembryonic antigen CEA in the preoperative period predict unsuccessful results in resection of the hepatic metastasis, while high levels in the postoperative period comprise the first clue of local or distant recurrence in an asymptomatic patient. However, an increasing concentration of the CEA can be a relatively delayed phenomenon in patients with hepatic metastasis.
Despite this clinical correlation, preoperative levels of CEA are not a reason to prevent a potential, curative hepatic resection.
In patients in whom an apparently curative resection was performed, a follow-up must be established to detect metastatic disease, with the expectancy of performing early diagnosis and disease management that will end in better patient quality of life. The main objectives of management in colorectal cancer include ensuring a good quality of life with the highest survival rate possible and with current management of the surgical resection of the associated metastasis, which ensures a high life expectancy and low mortality.
Resection of the metastasis is the only treatment that offers the possibility of cure and it has proven to contribute to patient survival. Some authors recommend that the margin must be 1 cm or more. Mean hospital stay was 5 to 7 days for hepatic resection and 7 to 10 days for any other type of major resection. In patients with hepatic metastasis from breast cancer, the treatment-of-choice is surgical; however, in patients with a low prognosis, it is worthwhile to value the risk-benefit, due to which the risk is greater.
Mean follow-up for patients who are surgically treated is approximately 40 months. Mean disease-free survival is from In association with hepatic and systemic arterial infusion, chemotherapy, mainly in tumors that cannot be resected, can be employed as adjuvant treatment after hepatic resection. In neuroendocrine tumors, hepatic metastasis is an indicator of poor prognosis; in this case, complete surgical resection is best therapeutic choice.
There are other medical and surgical minimally invasive options, which include ablation techniques, such as the following: Radio-frequency, microwave therapy, cryotherapy, transcatheter embolization, chemoembolization, radioembolization, and chemotherapy with somotostatin or interferon analogs.
There is no evidence, to our knowledge, that compares medical options and alternative surgical treatments. An aggressive surgical approach, in addition to procedures directed to the liver, is recommended to prolong the global survival rate.
Despite the advances in chemotherapy, surgery remains the treatment-of-choice, surpassing other treatments, such as cryosurgery or radiofrequency ablation. The benefits of chemotherapy are currently being described. Tumor reduction after preoperative administration of chemotherapy and the availability of ablation techniques allows for a treatment with curative intentions in metastases initially considered as unresectable. Synchronous or metachronous hepatic metastases that are resectable must be treated with preoperative chemotherapy during 3 months with FOLFOX4 Oxaliplatin, Folinic acid, and 5-Fluorouracil.
Chemotherapy must be administered before the surgical procedure and 3 months after surgery. In disease, i. A total of When the volume of the residual liver is inadequate, preoperative embolization of the portal vein must be considered.
Isolated hepatic perfusion IHP is an optional regional treatment that offers a high dose of chemotherapy, biological agents, and hyperthermia by means of a recirculation circuit of vascular perfusion as treatment of hepatic metastasis. A study was conducted of IHP with tumor necrosis factor plus Melphalan, or IHP with Melphalan alone, Floxuridine in infusion, and Leucovorin in patients with advanced hepatic metas-tases from colorectal cancer that were unresectable or recurrent.
It was concluded that IHP can be performed with low morbidity and that it possesses great antitumor activity with clinical relevance in patients with hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer that are unresectable or recurrent. The hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer are defined as resectable when it is anticipated that these can be completely resected, when there is adequate vascular flow entry and exit , preserved bile drainage, and adequate hepatic volume.
For cases that are unresectable, local therapy is the best choice; due to that it increases the survival rate. Colorectal cancer is a relevant disease worldwide, especially in Western countries and in developing countries, presenting high morbidly and mortality. The adoption is highly significant of more and better programs in the health system, with main objectives with respect to prevention, early diagnosis, and adequate treatment, which will aid in the survival and prognosis of the patients.
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Corresponding author. Received Jun 11; Accepted Sep This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract The liver is the most common site of metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer due to its anatomical situation regarding its portal circulation. Keywords: Colorectal cancer, Hepatic metastasis, Treatment of metastasis.
Open in a separate window. DIAGNOSIS The clinical presentation of this pathology includes symptoms, such as fever, fatigue, anorexia, abdominal pain, a change in bowel movements, weight loss, and blood in stools. Magnetic Resonance Adam et al indicate that magnetic resonance MR is more sensitive than CT for detection of hepatic lesions and, in cases of the administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, CT is a better option in cases in which the initial state of the tumor 1 has been reported.
Echography and Diagnostic Laparoscopy Echography is a low-cost test utilized as first line in the diagnostic evaluation of hepatic metastases, and it has the ability of identifying small parenchymatous lesions, and the size and grade of hepatic affection. Cytology by Fine-needle Aspiration This is a very well-established diagnostic method with the benefit of histopathologic confirmation of the diagnosis. Biomarkers Molecular detection of colorectal cancer offers the advantage of its being a minimally invasive technique.
TREATMENT The main objectives of management in colorectal cancer include ensuring a good quality of life with the highest survival rate possible and with current management of the surgical resection of the associated metastasis, which ensures a high life expectancy and low mortality.
Surgical Treatment Resection of the metastasis is the only treatment that offers the possibility of cure and it has proven to contribute to patient survival. Chemotherapy and Surgery Despite the advances in chemotherapy, surgery remains the treatment-of-choice, surpassing other treatments, such as cryosurgery or radiofrequency ablation.
Treatment of Unresectable Metastases Isolated hepatic perfusion IHP is an optional regional treatment that offers a high dose of chemotherapy, biological agents, and hyperthermia by means of a recirculation circuit of vascular perfusion as treatment of hepatic metastasis. Conflict of interest : None. Managing synchronous liver metastases from colorectal cancer: a multidisciplinary international consensus.
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HPB Oxford Mar; 18 3 — Current treatment for colorectal liver metastases. World J Gastroenterol. Surgical treatment of synchronous and metachronous hepatic-and pulmonary colorectal cancer metastases- The Copenhagen experience. Eur Surg. Survival after liver resection for metastatic colorectal carcinoma in a large population. This procedure is still being studied but it can be used in more challenging cases where bigger ablation zones are needed.
Cryoablation — a procedure that kills a tumor by freezing it. A metal tube is placed into the tumor while the physician watches the process with ultrasound. Chemoembolization — a method of delivering chemotherapy directly into a tumor. A catheter is placed in a groin artery and guided into the artery that supplies blood to the tumor. A potent dose of a chemotherapy drug is infused through the catheter to the tumor, and the artery section is plugged to stop further blood flow to the area.
This allows delivery of a much higher dose of radiation in a single administration, with minimal effect to the healthy tissue surrounding the tumor.
Microspheres, or tiny polymer beads that are loaded with a radioisotope, are injected into the liver tumors, and do not affect other organs in the body.
These microspheres continuously deliver radiation for approximately two weeks. Radiation Therapy Very focused radiation can be used to treat liver metastases in select patients with colorectal cancer. Chemotherapy In addition to chemoembolization, described above, chemotherapy may be given as a follow up treatment in certain circumstances to be sure any microscopic disease has been treated.
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