Hepatectomy is currently the most effective treatment for colorectal liver metastases and however, only a small number of studies have shown that hepatectomy may improve survival of patients with liver metastases from noncolorectal primary malignancies, which is still controversial due to lack of evidences from large sample size, prospective and high-quality studies. The authors, in this paper, present the current research results of hepatectomy for noncolorectal cancer liver metastases.