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7226110

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
During the past decade, one of the major changes in the field of oncology has been in the surgical approach to primary and secondary cancer of the liver. As a result of data and experience gained in liver transplantation programs and with the application of vascular surgical principles, resectability rates have been increased. The present rate of 32% has been achieved with an overall 30-day operative mortality rate of 9%. More sophisticated intraoperative and postoperative supports have been essential in achieving these results. The median operating time is now 4 3/4 hours in length. Complications are minimal. The median postoperative hospital stay is now 13 days. During the past decade, 436 patients with liver tumors were treated by the authors. It has become apparent in this experience and in that reported by others that an increasing number of patients with primary liver cancer or metastatic cancer in the liver can be cured by surgery with minimal operative risk. Adjuvant chemotherapy may increase the salvage rate. Current therapeutic results are best evaluated after staging of the liver disease: Stage I (no involvement of margins of resection, hepatic vascular structures or bile ducts; all gross disease removed): 85% three-year survival estimate, using the Kaplan-Meier method, for individuals with primary liver cancer; 71% for those with metastatic colorectal cancer. Stages II and III (regional or extrahepatic spread): 22% three-year survival for individuals with primary liver cancer but no survivors at two years with metastatic colorectal cancer. These data permit better selection of patients who are most likely to benefit from surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2162-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
The seventies evolution in liver surgery for cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study