title: Long-term survival after surgical resection for liver metastasis from gastric cancer: two case reports.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Keun
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Joong Bae
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Sung Ha
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cheon
authors.forename: Hyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jong Yul
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Rha
authors.forename: Jae Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Sung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Ho Geun
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hei-Cheul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Jeung