title: Pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal adenocarcinomas.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Taiwan, as in the other part of the world. Surgical intervention is the best treatment of choice, yet some patients still developed distant metastasis after primary lesions were controlled. Metastasectomy is reported to improve the survival. This retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between the prognostic factors of lung metastasectomy and patient survival.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 1981 to 2000, 68 patients undergoing complete lung metastasectomy in our section were studied. The prognostic factors influencing survival were analyzed, and the survival analysis was made with Kaplan-Meier method and compared by log-rank test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no surgical mortality in our series. The 5-year survival was 36.1%. None of parameters such as age, sex, stage of primary colorectal cancer, surgical method, size, number of metastatic deposits and disease free interval showed to relate with the survival.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that lung metastasectomy for colorectal cancer is safe and effective to improve the survival. Since there were no significant factors influencing the survival, there should be no absolute contraindication against resectable pulmonary metastasis after primary lesions were adequately controlled.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chien-Ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chih-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hsie
authors.forename: Han-Shui
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Yu-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wen-Hu
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Biing-Shiun
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Tzu-Chen
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Min-Hsiung
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy