Benefits of surgery for patients with pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma Masayoshi Inoue, MD, Mitsunori Ohta, MD, Keiji Iuchi, MD, Akihide Matsumura, MD, Kan Ideguchi, MD, Tsutomu Yasumitsu, MD, Katsuhiro Nakagawa, MD, Kenjiro Fukuhara, MD, Hajime Maeda, MD, Shin-ichi Takeda, MD, Masato Minami, MD, Yuko Ohno, PhD, Hikaru Matsuda, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 238-244 (July 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.017
Fig 1 Overall survival of 128 patients who underwent curative resection for pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma. The 5-year survival rate was 45.3%. Median survival time was 49.5 months. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, 238-244DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.017)
Fig 2 Probability of survival according to the number and location (unilateral or bilateral) of metastatic lesions. The 5-year survival rate for patients with solitary, multiple unilateral, and multiple bilateral metastases was 50.6%, 40.3%, and 12.5%, respectively. The survival rate for patients with multiple bilateral metastases was worse than with a solitary lesion (p = 0.0028) and with multiple unilateral lesions (p = 0.0727). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, 238-244DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.017)
Fig 3 Probability of survival by Dukes' stage. The 5-year survival rate for patients with Dukes' A was 68.7% compared with 32.8% for patients with Dukes' B–D (significant, p = 0.0045). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, 238-244DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.017)
Fig 4 Probability of survival for patients who underwent a repeat pulmonary metastasectomy. The 3- and 5-year survival rates were 44.6% and 22.3%, respectively. Median survival time was 35.4 months. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, 238-244DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.017)