Table 1 Characteristics of the patients who underwent concurrent resection of the primary tumor and liver metastases
Age (years) | |
 Median (range) | 67 (33–78) |
Gender | |
 Male | 13 |
 Female | 11 |
Location of the primary tumor | |
 Colon | 15 |
 Rectum | 9 |
Histological type | |
 Well/Moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma | 23 |
 Mucinous | 1 |
Number of liver metastases | |
 1 | 16 |
 2 | 4 |
  ≥ 3 | 4 |
Maximum size of the metastatic tumor (cm) | |
 Median (range) | 2.4 (0.4–8.0) |