Metastatic recurrence after complete resection of colorectal liver metastases: impact of surgery and chemotherapy on survival

Purpose Surgery is the standard of care for resectable colorectal liver metastases (CRC-LM). Unfortunately, 60 % of patients develop secondary metastatic recurrence (SMR) after R0-resection of CRC-LM. We investigated the impact of surgical re-intervention and chemotherapy (Ctx) on survival in a consecutive series of patients with SMR.