

if necessary, in combination with portal vein embolisation or two-stage hepatectomy 4. Sufficient volume of the liver remaining after resection ("future liver remnant = FLR): i. the ability to eradicate extrahepatic tumour manifestations 3. if necessary, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, iii. if necessary, in combination with ablative methods, ii. General operability of the patient (comorbidity) 2.

The decision about the resection of liver metastases should consider the following parameters: 1. Surgical resection is the procedure of choice in the curative treatment of liver metastases. Algorithms of care for patients with synchronous / metachronous colorectal liver metastases or locoregional recurrent tumour are presented. In this review, standards of diagnosis and treatment of colorectal liver metastases are described on the basis of a workshop discussion.
