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Therapeutic outcome after resection of pulmonary metastases from oral and/or head and neck cancers: complete republication of the article published in Jpn J Chest Surg

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Abstract

Objective

Thus far, very few studies have assessed the efficacy and outcome of resection of pulmonary metastases originating from primary oral cancer and/or head and neck cancer.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 13 cases that had metastases from primary oral cancers and/or head and neck cancers, and had undergone metastasectomy in our hospital from January 2000 through March 2011.

Results

Twelve patients were male and one was female. The median disease-free interval from the time of treatment of their primary cancer was 12 (range 1–73) months. Eleven cases underwent partial resection, one underwent segmentectomy, and one underwent lobectomy. The overall 5-year survival rate after last pulmonary metastasectomy was 45.7 %, and the median survival time was 23 months. Factors predicting a poor prognosis according to univariate analysis were a disease-free interval of <12 months and a diagnosis of stage IV primary cancer, but multivariate analysis revealed no significant prognostic factors.

Conclusions

Pulmonary metastasectomy would give a chance for long-term survival in patients with oral and/or head and neck cancers.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

    Hiroyuki Adachi, Taketsugu Yamamoto, Shizu Saito, Hiroko Nemoto, Yasushi Rino & Munetaka Masuda

  2. The Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, 1-16, Yonegahama-dori, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

    Hiroyuki Adachi

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This article is based on the study first reported in the Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, 2012; 26: 591–6.

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Adachi, H., Yamamoto, T., Saito, S. et al. Therapeutic outcome after resection of pulmonary metastases from oral and/or head and neck cancers: complete republication of the article published in Jpn J Chest Surg. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 63, 459–464 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0554-7

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