20% of patients with colorectal cancer present metastasis at the time of diagnosis. About ¼ can be resected with curative intention prolonging their survival.

But, what to do in cases of unresectable liver metastasis? Resection of the primary tumor is being performed despite a lack of scientific evidence, an approach that is not complication-free.

In this lecture Sebastiano Biondo will go through the “pros and cons” of surgical treatment depending on the clinical manifestation in order to select the best approach.

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Dr. Sebastiano Biondo Full Professor of Surgery University of Barcelona, European Board of Coloproctology, Chief of Department, General and Digestive Surgery. Bellvitge University Hospital Colorectal Surgery