title: [Surgical treatment of oral cancer pulmonary metastases].
abstract: We examined the efficacy of surgical resection of oral cancer pulmonary metastases. Between April 2001 and October 2010, 12 patients with pulmonary metastases underwent thoracic operations. There were 8 men and 4 women with a median age of 66.5 years (range, 27~76). All tumors were squamous cell carcinomas and the most common primary site was tongue (7 patients). Overall survival rate after metastasectomy was 50% at 3 years. Overall survival rate at 2 years by lobectomy was greater than by partial resection. For patients with oral cancer pulmonary metastasis, surgical resection is the effective treatment option.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okubo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D059146:Metastasectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis