title: [Pulmonary resection for metastatic colorectal cancer].
abstract: We analyzed the outcome of 30 patients who underwent surgery (40 operations) for pulmonary metastases of colorectal cancer. Overall 5-year survival rate was 56%. There were no significant differences in survivals 5 years after the first surgery on the basis of potential prognostic factors: disease free interval, number of pulmonary metastases and size of metastatic lesion. Three patients with recurrent pulmonary metastases after the first resection underwent repeated resections and are alive 23, 58 and 62 months after the first pulmonary metastasectomy, respectively. Pulmonary resection for metastases from colorectal cancer prolonged the survival of patients, even those with bilateral lesions or recurrent metastases. These results confirm that pulmonary resection for metastatic colorectal cancer is a potentially curative therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: Takamitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takenoyama
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.forename: Kosei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome