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LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY
Volume 395, Issue 3, Pages 227-234Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0580-y
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Hepatic resection; Liver metastases; NCNN; Non-colorectal liver metastases
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- Vodafone Foundation
- Bonnen family
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Hepatic resection is established as a safe procedure for colorectal, neuroendocrine, and sarcoma liver metastases. The present study evaluates whether liver resection is an option for patients with non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine, and non-sarcoma metastases of the liver. According to data from our prospective clinical tumor registry, we reviewed the medical records of 44 consecutive patients with non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine, and non-sarcoma liver metastases, who underwent hepatic resection from January 2000 to December 2008. Univariate Kaplan-Meier analysis and a stepwise multivariable Cox regression model were applied. Following hepatic resection, mean overall survival was 21 months, and 5-year survival was 20%. Following hepatic resection, gender, histology, and chemotherapy were of prognostic value in our patient cohort in univariate analysis (p < 0.05). Multivariate survival analysis confirmed chemotherapy (p = 0.002) as an independent prognostic variable. Following initial resection of the primary tumor, synchrone occurrence of metastases, histology, localization of primary, perioperative complications, interval between initial resection of the primary tumor and resection of the metastases, and metastases in follow-up after hepatic resection were of prognostic value in univariate analysis (p < 0.05). Histology (p = 0.017) and interval between resection of the primary and resection of the metastases (p = 0.030) were confirmed as independent prognostic variables in multivariate survival analysis. Hepatic resection seems to be a safe and promising additive for a selective group of patients with non-colorectal, non-neuroendocrine, and non-sarcoma metastases of the liver.
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