Long-term survival after surgical resection for liver metastasis from gastric cancer: two case reports.
Surgical resection of colorectal cancer metastasis to the liver results in a 5-year survival rate of around 40%. Liver metastasis from other cancers such as neuroendocrine carcinoma and genitourinary tumors are also treated effectively with combined liver resection. However, hepatic metastasectomy for liver tumor from gastric cancer hasn't been considered as a standard treatment, and the benefit for this treatment has not been established. We report here on two cases of gastrectomy and combined liver resection for synchronous liver metastasis without any evidence of other metastatic lesions, and these two patients have survived for more than 7 years without evidence of disease recurrence. In conclusion, for patients with hepatic metastasis from gastric cancer, combined surgical resection of the liver metastasis should be considered as a treatment option when metastasis to other sites can be excluded.
Lim
Jong Keun
JK
Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Ahn
Joong Bae
JB
Cheon
Sung Ha
SH
Chang
Hyun
H
Jung
Jong Yul
JY
Rha
Sun Young
SY
Roh
Jae Kyung
JK
Noh
Sung Hoon
SH
Kim
Ho Geun
HG
Chung
Hyun Cheol
HC
Jeung
Hei-Cheul
HC