title: [Pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer with hepatic metastasis].
abstract: We have investigated cases where pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer was resected during the last 15 years, comparing a group with liver metastasis [LM (+)] to a group without liver metastasis [LM (-)]. The following are the characteristics of the LM (+) versus LM (-) groups. Gender: male 6, female 5 versus male 9, female 11, age: 61.4+/-11.4 versus 63.9+/-9.4 years, number of lung metastasis: 1.42 versus 1.29, duration of primary-lung metastasis: 1.59+/-1.02 versus 2.55+/-1.46 years, preoperative CEA: 69.3+/-71.1 versus 8.64+/-5.63 ng/ml, ratio of bilateral lung metastasis: 23.0 versus 4.8%, more than 1 ratio of pulmonary metastasis: 38 versus 19%, complete resection ratio of pulmonary metastasis: 84.6 versus 100%, ratio of thoracoscopic surgery: 69.2 versus 66.7%, and 2-year survival ratio: 63 versus 78%. There were no statistically significant differences in these values between the LM (+) and LM (-) group. A larger number of cases and follow-up duration will be required in the future; we think that the resection of pulmonary metastasis from colorectal cancer with liver metastasis can be supported for the present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Second Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tohru
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authors.lastname: Mawatari
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Osawa
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
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authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koushima
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
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authors.lastname: Abe
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authors.lastname: Kasajima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted