| Group A: Interventional | Group B: Surgical |
---|---|---|
Age (median/range) | 60 (28–77) | 59 (31–71) |
Sex (f/m) | 18/23 | 14/26 |
Primary tumour: | Â | Â |
   colon/rectum | 27/14 | 26/14 |
   grading (G1/G2/G3/Gx) | 1/26/12/2 | 0/29/10/1 |
Number of liver metastases: | Â | Â |
   solitary/2–4/> 4 | 12/3/26 | 16/3/21 |
Occurrence of metastases | Â | Â |
   synchron/metachron | 19/22 | 24/16 |
Pre-treatment: | Â | Â |
   Resection of primary | 40 | 40 |
   Hepatic resection/ablation | 17 | 11 |
   Adjuvant radiotherapy/chemotherapy radiochemotherapy | 13 | 11 |
   Palliative chemotherapy | 17 | 9 |
   more than 1 palliative pre-treatment * | 9 | 0 |
Elevated CEA | 29 | 32 |
Elevated Alkaline phosphatase * | 30 | 16 |