title: [Prognostic analysis of liver metastasis in gastric cancer patients with radical gastrectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To elucidate the prognostic factors of liver metastasis in gastric cancer patients with radical gastrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinicopathological data of 87 liver metastasis patients, undergone radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer from 1996 to 2001, were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of these 87 patients, the 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates were 28.8%, 3.6% and 0 respectively and the average survival time after gastrectomy was (11.3+/-1.1) months. By univariate analysis, tumor location, tumor size, histologic differentiation, invasive depth, Lauren classification, metastasis of lymph nodes from lymphadenectomy, vascular invasion, nervous invasion, peritoneal metastasis, number of liver metastasis, liver metastatic distribution and resection of liver metastasis were found to be significant factors associated with the prognosis of liver metastatic patients after radical gastrectomy. By multivariate analysis, location, the Lauren classification, liver metastatic distribution and resection of liver metastasis were found to be independent factors associated with hepatic metastasis after radical gastrectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Location of gastric cancer, Lauren classification, liver metastatic distribution and resection of liver metastasis are important factors to evaluate the prognosis of liver metastasis in gastric cancer patients with radical gastrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Treatment of Tianjin City, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300060, China. dengery@126.com
authors.forename: Jing-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ru-Peng
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-Jie
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Xue-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xi-Shan
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Hao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate