title: Patient selection and factors affecting results following resection for hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma.
abstract: Personal experience is reported of 47 consecutive liver resections for metastatic colorectal carcinoma treated in the I Clinica Chirurgica of the University of Rome for the purpose of contributing to treatment and evaluating the clinical factors and possible determinants of prognosis that could be potentially predictive of outcome and length of survival after liver resection: Duke's stage of primary colorectal cancer, synchronous or metachronous disease, number of hepatic lesions. Patients were classified according to the proposed staging system of the "Istituto Nazionale Tumori" in Milan. For Stage I and II patients the median survival time was 15 months, while in Stage III patients survival time was reduced to only 4.5 months. The 3- and 5-year survival rate was 20% and 12% respectively for Stage I patients; no patients at stage II or III survived more than 3 years.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di I Clinica Chirurgica Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fegiz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramacciato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barillari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Indinnimeo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gozzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aurello
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valabrega
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Angelis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies