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I have framed the introduction to this text by looking backward to two personal events: my surgical introduction to the liver and my more recent retirement from it. These benchmarks gave focus to my reading, placed progress in frames of time, and offer some historical perspective. The value of reflection about the treatment of liver metastases forty years ago may be questioned by readers who now study liver metastases at the molecular level; but it is not good to be isolated from the past, and others who intervene grossly with new instruments may find understanding in surgical memory. These reflections are personal, but less personal than metastatic cancer which must be treated in the context of personal relationships—with patients and colleagues.
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Adson, M.A. (1998). Introduction. In: Garden, O.J., Geraghty, J.G., Nagorney, D.M., Audisio, R.A., Stoldt, H.S. (eds) Liver Metastases. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1506-9_1
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