[Successful surgical treatments for pulmonary and/or hepatic metastases after surgical resection for colorectal cancer--two case reports]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2006 Nov;33(12):1971-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In colorectal cancer, hepatic and pulmonary metastases are the most common and most important prognostic factors. Surgical resection is the first choice of treatment for hepatic and pulmonary metastases if completely resectable. However, only a few patients survived long term after metastatectomy. We present the two cases, in which surgical resection for pulmonary and/or hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer resulted in long-term survival for more than ten years without recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / mortality
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lung Neoplasms / mortality
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged