Resected pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer.
A review of 35 patients who, over an 18-year preiod, underwent excision of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer, is presented. The cumulative five-year survival rate was 22 per cent, and this was significantly increased where the primary colonic cancer was Dukes' A or B. No difference in survival was found regarding the disease-free interval and the number of metastatic lesions. The follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer should always include yearly chest x-rays; and when metastases developed in the lungs alone, surgery for their removal is recommended.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors