PURPOSE We aimed to compare disease-free survival after pulmonary metastasectomy to that after hepatic metastasectomy, and to identify prognostic factors after pulmonary metastasectomy. RESULTS Between 2005 and 2015, 129 patients underwent resection of isolated metachronous lung metastases from colorectal cancer. Three-year DFS after pulmonary metastasectomy was similar to that after hepatic ...

PURPOSE We determined prognostic factors associated with prolonged survival after metastasectomy for urothelial carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 42 patients who underwent resection of urothelial carcinoma metastases with curative intent at 4 Japanese university hospitals were included in analysis. Of the patients 41 of 42 underwent systemic chemotherapy before and/or after metastas...

Pulmonary metastasectomy is a commonly performed operation and is tending to increase as part of a concept of personalised treatment for advanced cancer. There have been no randomised trials; belief in effectiveness of metastasectomy is based on registry data and surgical follow-up studies. These retrospective series are comprised predominately of solitary or few metastases with primary resecti...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of surgical resection of oral tongue cancer (OTC) pulmonary metastases. Between 1977 and 2003, 23 OTC patients who developed 1-3 pulmonary metastases underwent metastasectomy. There were 14 men and nine women with a median age at the time of first metastasectomy of 56 years. All patients had advanced squamous cell OTC with synchronous or metach...

OBJECTIVES Sarcoma has a predilection to metastasis to the lungs. Surgical excision of these metastases (pulmonary metastasectomy) when possible has become standard practice. We reviewed the published selection and outcome data. DESIGN Systematic review of published reports that include survival rates or any other outcome data. Survival data were put in the context of those in a cancer regist...

BACKGROUND Although studies of metastasectomy have been limited primarily to institutional experiences, reports of favorable long-term outcomes have generated increasing interest. In the current study, the authors attempted to define the national practice patterns in metastasectomy for 4 common malignancies with varying responsiveness to systemic therapy. METHODS The National (Nationwide) Inp...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the survival impact and prognostic factors of pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with pulmonary metastasis from head and neck cancer. METHODS A retrospective study of 69 patients was analyzed. Twenty-four patients (35%) underwent pulmonary metastasectomy, and the remaining 45 patients (65%) were treated with chemotherapy or best supportiv...

Background Gastric cancer patient with ovarian metastasis is common in clinical practice, but it is still uncertain whether surgical resection of ovarian metastasis could improve the outcome. This study aimed to explore the survival benefit of metastasectomy plus chemotherapy over chemotherapy alone in the treatment of Krukenberg tumors arising from gastric cancer and to identify prognostic fac...

PURPOSE The role of metastasectomy has been debatable and unclear in the treatment for patients with metastatic gastric cancer. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the role of metastasectomy on the overall survival of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 2,406 patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer between 1998 and 2010, 188 (7.8%) patients had their first surger...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary metastasectomy represents an established approach in the treatment of lung metastases related to several solid malignant tumors, promising the chance of long term survival. Regarding the proper timing of metastasectomy both operation promptly after diagnosis and delayed operation after an interval of 3 months are common practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic Medli...