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ArticleESMO open2024

Translating efficacy of liver transplantation in liver-limited metastatic colorectal cancer into clinical practice: the TransMet trial.

M M Germani, N Raschzok, V Heinemann, D P Modest

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

M M GermaniDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa; Unit of Medical Oncology 2, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
N RaschzokDepartment of Surgery, Campus Charité Mitte/Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin.
V HeinemannDepartment of Medical Oncology and Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilian-University (LMU) of Munich, Munich.
D P ModestMedical Department, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charitè Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: dominik.modest@charite.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pioneer studies suggested that liver transplantation (LT) has the potential to provide long-term survival in patients with liver-limited metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) not amenable for surgery of metastases. Evidence, however, was limited to single-arm studies with few patients enrolled and suboptimal selection criteria, with concerns over access to organ availability overcoming the potential efficacy of LT in this setting. Recently, 5-year survival rates with chemotherapy followed by LT (73%) compared with chemotherapy alone (9%) have been demonstrated by the randomized TransMet trial, enrolling 94 definitively unresectable strictly selected liver-limited mCRC patients. These findings should now prompt clinical oncologists to reconsider LT as a valuable option for unresectable liver-limited mCRC patients meeting TransMet criteria, and transplantation agencies to adapt their policies of access to organ donation.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsLiver NeoplasmsLiver TransplantationHumansTreatment Outcomeliver-limited metastatic colorectal cancerliver transplantation

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PMID39341646
PMCPMC11381977

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