Liver Surgery for Breast Cancer Metastases

Background: Breast cancer metastases to the liver are associated with a poor prognosis. In contrast to colorectal metastases, there are as yet no established guidelines for liver surgery for breast cancer secondaries. Methods: Our retrospective study compared 14 patients with an average age of 55.4 years (range 35 to 81 years) who underwent hepatic resection. Both solitary and multiple liver metastases that seemed to be resectable by R0 were treated. Six patients underwent chemotherapy before and 8 patients after the liver resection. Nine women received hormone treatment, 3 before and 6 after liver surgery. Resu…