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. 2015 Apr 27;2(2):181–190. doi: 10.2217/hep.15.3

Figure 1. . Treatment options for colorectal cancer.

Figure 1. 

The only curative measure is surgical removal of metastases, and the current goal is to expand the fraction of patients eligible for surgical treatment. Liver transplantation is currently being explored both for surgical removal of nonresectable colorectal liver metastases, and to enhance survival in patients with resectable disease and large tumor load.

ALLPS:Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy; CRC: Colorectal cancer; LR:Liver remnant; Lt+ALLPS:Combined associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy and segment 2+3 split liver transplantation (RAPID procedure).