[Surgical resection of pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma].
Twelve patients with pulmonary metastases of recurrent colorectal carcinoma underwent pulmonary resection at National Ohkura Hospital. The Cumulative five-year survival rate was 60 per cent. No correlation was found between the disease-free interval and survival following thoracotomy. There was a statistically significant difference in survival rates corresponding to Duke's classification of the primary lesion. Patients with solitary lesions had a better survival rate than patients with multiple lesions. We believe that the surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases in a select group of patients, i.e., those with solitary pulmonary lesions, will prolong survival and be curative in a number of patients.
D000368:Aged; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen