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Post-pulmonary metastasectomy prognosis after curative resection for colorectal cancer

Jee Yeon Kim, In Ja Park _, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Jong Lyul Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Chan Wook Kim, Seok-Byung Lim, Jung Bok Lee, Chang Sik Yu and Jin Cheon Kim

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:36566-36577. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.16616

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Abstract

Jee Yeon Kim1, In Ja Park1, Hyeong Ryul Kim2, Dong Kwan Kim2, Jong Lyul Lee1, Yong Sik Yoon1, Chan Wook Kim1, Seok-Byung Lim1, Jung Bok Lee3, Chang Sik Yu1 and Jin Cheon Kim1

1Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

3Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to:

In Ja Park, email: [email protected]

Keywords: colorectal cancer, pulmonary metastasectomy, disease free survival

Received: December 15, 2016    Accepted: March 12, 2017    Published: March 28, 2017

ABSTRACT

Purpose: We aimed to compare disease-free survival after pulmonary metastasectomy to that after hepatic metastasectomy, and to identify prognostic factors after pulmonary metastasectomy.

Results: Between 2005 and 2015, 129 patients underwent resection of isolated metachronous lung metastases from colorectal cancer. Three-year DFS after pulmonary metastasectomy was similar to that after hepatic metastasectomy (50.7% vs. 45.5%, respectively; p=0.58). Rectal cancer (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09–3.79; p=0.03) and ≥2 metastases (HR: 2.17, 95% CI: 1.28–3.68; p=0.004) were independent adverse risk factors associated with disease-free survival after pulmonary metastasectomy on multivariate analysis. Three-year DFS for colon vs. rectal cancer patients was 72.5% vs. 42.6%, respectively (p=0.04). The number of lung metastases was an independent risk factor for DFS after pulmonary metastasectomy in rectal cancer patients.

Patients and Methods: Patients who underwent lung metastasectomy after curative resection of colorectal cancers were investigated. Disease-free survival (DFS) after pulmonary metastasectomy was compared to that after hepatic metastasectomy, which has a relatively well-known prognosis. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis was performed to identify clinical variables predictive of survival after pulmonary metastasectomy.

Conclusions: Disease-free survival rates after resection of lung vs. liver metastases arising from colorectal cancers are similar. However, lung metastases specifically from rectal cancers produce poorer DFS rates. Primary tumor location must be considered for pulmonary metastasis treatment and follow-up in colorectal cancer patients.


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