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Hi Missy,
I don't know the answer to your question. I do know of at least two women in San Francisco who had successful liver resections. In one case, she decided to have the resection because things were looking dire. (I don't know the facts of the other case.) As far as I know, the women in the dire situation has not had significant problems with her liver since the resection, and I think it has been a year or two.
I would seek another opinion to get further information. What would be the down side of trying chemo and seeing if the met goes away? (This is an actual, not rhetorical, question.) With respect to the surgery, I have read that there is a small chance that the surgery would somehow cause metastases to grow. (I don't recall the technical details.)
In terms of other things to look into, I also have heard of people having success with "spheres," but I am not sure what they are technically called. Maybe "theraspheres"?
I had liver mets at the outset, but they went away with chemo/Herceptin.
I note in your signature that you are having both hormonal treatment and chemo. I thought that if one was having chemo, the hormonal therapy would be discontinued.
Sorry, that I could not be of more help. I think Esther, who sometimes posts here, thoroughly researched liver resection, but I could be wrong. She also sometimes posts on bcmets.org.
Good luck!
Jill
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