• P Pessaux, F Panaro, S Casnedi, I Zeca, E Marzano, P Bachellier, D Jaeck, and M P Chenard.
• Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation - Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg - Université de Strasbourg, Avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France. patrick.pessaux@chr... more u-strasbourg.fr <patrick.pessaux@chru-strasbourg.fr> less
• Eur J Surg Oncol. 2010 Jun 1; 36 (6): 575-82.

AimsTo analyse the effects of the preoperative targeted molecular therapy (cetuximab (cetu) or bevacizumab (beva)) on non-tumorous liver parenchyma, and the clinical and biological outcome after liver resection for colorectal liver metastases (CLM).MethodsBetween January 2005 and December 2007, 36 patients receiving preoperatively cetu (n = 15) or beva (n = 21) were, respectively, matched to a control group of patients who did not receive targeted molecular therapy. They were matched on the basis of age, gender, body mass index, extent of hepatectomy, and type and number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Liver function tests, postoperative outcome and histopathology of the resected liver were compared.ResultsThere was no mortality. Postoperative morbidity and perioperative bleeding rates were similar in both groups. In the beva group, liver function tests showed higher serum bilirubin level on postoperative day (POD) 1 (p = 0.001) and POD 3 (p = 0.01), higher serum aspartate aminotransferase on POD 1 (p = 0.004), and lower prothrombin time on POD 5 (p = 0.02). In both groups, cetu and beva, the postoperative peaks of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and alkaline phosphatase were statistically higher than in the control groups. Interestingly, the prevalence of sinusoidal injury and fibrosis was lower in patients receiving cetu (p = 0.04), while the prevalence of steatohepatitis was lower in patients receiving beva (p = 0.04).ConclusionThe addition of beva or cetu to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens does not appear to increase the morbidity rates after hepatectomy for CLM. The pathological examination did not show additional injury to the non-tumorous liver parenchyma.

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