Liver does not care about age

Surgical treatment of liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma in elderly patients. When is it worthwhile?

“…With respect to this, Turrini et al [22] compared the evolution of two groups of patients aged between 70 and 80 years, all of them with less than four resectable metachronous LM. The first group consisted of 15 patients treated by hepatectomies and without neoadjuvant chemotherapy to avoid deterioration in liver function.…”

Short‐ and long‐term outcomes of elderly patients undergoing liver resection for colorectal liver metastasis

“…Older patients may be discriminated against on the basis of higher risk benefit ratio, protracted recovery to pre‐morbid state and presumed higher morbidity and mortality rates. A number of authors have published the results of hepatic resection in selected older patients with variable age groups . Although most published studies show equivalence in outcomes between older and younger patients, there is a bias towards lower volumes of disease, lesser resections and less preoperative chemotherapy.…”

“…A number of authors have published the results of hepatic resection in selected older patients with variable age groups. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Although most published studies show equivalence in outcomes between older and younger patients, there is a bias towards lower volumes of disease, lesser resections and less preoperative chemotherapy. We have chosen a cut of age of 75 for our cohort of older patients in line with the increased age of the ANBCSP, to assess whether aggressive curative-intent treatment of metastases in these patients is acceptable.…”