Role and evaluation of hepatectomy in the treatment of liver metastases        YANG Jia-mei. Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438，China
Abstract    At present, curative hepatectomy is still the first choice of therapy for colorectal, neuroendocrine and sarcoma liver metastases, and seems to be a safe and promising management for patients with resectable non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine and non-sarcoma metastases of the liver. The volume of hepatic resection should be evaluated firstly when patients with liver metastases will be treated by hepatic resection. But comprehensive treatment will remain as essential first line therapy for most patients with liver metastases improving the survival after hepatectomy.