Table 1.

Patient demographics and tumour characteristics in patients resected for initially unresectable colorectal liver metastases downsized by systemic chemotherapy

Patients, n	24
Age, years, median (range)	59.5 (28–87)
Sex, male, n	12
Primary tumour, n
Colon	19
Rectum	5
Number of metastases, median (range)	7 (2–15)
Size of metastases, cm, median (range)	7.0 (1.0–12.8)
Bilobar disease, n	23
Carcinoembryonic antigen, ng/ml, median (range)	20.4 (1.8–690.2)
Extrahepatic disease, n
Lung	2