title: Long-term follow-up of operative treatment for pulmonary metastases.
abstract: From 1954 onwards, 132 patients underwent 165 resections for pulmonary metastases. No other forms of therapy were adopted. The operative mortality was 7.6% (10 patients). After a minimum follow-up of 5 years, the overall survival rate was 20%. The 10- and 15-year survival rates were 6% and 3%, respectively. The major cause of late death was recurrence or spread of the primary disease in 102 patients (83.6%) while 5 patients died of reasons not related to cancer. Fifteen patients (12.3%) are still alive, 13 of whom have no clinical cancer. The presence of symptoms, the disease-free interval of less than 1 year and the number of metastases showed a statistically significant detrimental influence on survival (P less than 0.001, P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.046, respectively). The best 5-year survivals of 42%, 24%, 23% and 23% were noted for metastases from malignancies in the body of the uterus, kidney, bone and colon, respectively. Longterm survival or clinical cure can be achieved with surgery alone by an aggressive approach in selected malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lepore
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cardillo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dernevik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berggren
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belboul
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: al-Khaja
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larsson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012509:Sarcoma; D013997:Time Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms