Prognostic value of concomitant resection of extrahepatic disease in patients with liver metastases of colorectal origin.
BACKGROUND
Operative resection is the treatment of choice for colorectal liver metastasis. In the present study, we investigated the prognostic factors after hepatic resection, focusing on the concomitant resection of extrahepatic metastases.


METHODS
A retrospective cohort study was performed in 187 consecutive patients who had undergone initial hepatic resections for colorectal metastases using the Cox proportional hazards model.


RESULTS
The overall survival rates at 3, 5, and 10 years were 49%, 30%, and 22%, respectively. Hilar lymph node involvement (HLN), localized peritoneal seeding (P), and distant organ metastasis (M) were resected in addition to the liver metastases in 9, 13, and 21 patients, respectively. The P and M factors were related univariately to an unfavorable patient prognosis, but the HLN factor was not. In a multivariate regression analysis, the hazard ratios of these three factors of interest were 1.58 (HLN; 95% confidence interval 0.64-2.52, median survival 48 months), 2.12 (P; 1.38-2.85, 18 months), and 3.07 (M; 2.45-3.68, 19 months), respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Aggressive operative resection for colorectal liver metastases yielded an acceptable long-term outcome. The presence of distant organ metastasis seems to be a contraindication for operative intervention and/or resection; although the number of patients enrolled in the present study was small, resection of localized peritoneal seeding or hilar lymph node involvement, in addition to the resection of the liver metastases, may benefit patient survival.
Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. AOKI-2SU@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Taku
T
Aoki
Nobutaka
N
Umekita
Soichi
S
Tanaka
Kazumasa
K
Noda
Masahiro
M
Warabi
Masatsugu
M
Kitamura
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome