title: Long-term Survivors After Liver Resection for Breast Cancer Liver Metastases.
abstract: Although breast cancer liver metastases are considered a sign of systemic recurrence and are considered a poor prognostic factor that transforms the patient into a candidate for palliative chemotherapy, surgery might be performed with good results. Success reported after liver resection for colorectal hepatic metastases encouraged the oncological surgeon to apply similar protocols in breast cancer liver metastases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of patients submitted to hepatectomies for breast cancer liver metastases in the "Dan Setlacec" Center of Gastrointestinal Disease and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest were retrospectively reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among five cases survival after liver surgery surpassed 5 years and was considered long-term survival. One of the five cases was submitted to a second liver resection. Most often long-term survivors were reported among patients with single, metachronous and smaller than 5-cm lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In selected cases liver resection for breast cancer liver metastases can be associated with a significant increase in survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania nicolae_bacalbasa@yahoo.ro.
authors.forename: Nicolae
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: BacalbaȘa
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ponderas Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Balescu
authors.affiliation: Dan Setlacec Center of Gastrointestinal Disease and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dima
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Dan Setlacec Center of Gastrointestinal Disease and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Irinel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Popescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017741:Survivors
keywords: Breast cancer liver metastases; liver resection; long term survival