Surgical resection of neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases as part of multimodal treatment strategies: A propensity score matching analysis

摘要

Background: It remains unclear whether liver resection as part of multimodal therapy of neuroendocrine liver metastases (NELM) is superior to non-surgical (interventional and medication-based) treatment alone. This study should determine if patients with NELM undergoing hepatic surgery in addition to non-surgical treatment have improved overall survival compared to patients undergoing non-surgical therapy alone.