Surgery Today

, Volume 42, Issue 5, pp 426–430 | Cite as

Different incidence of synchronous liver metastasis between proximal and distal colon cancer

  • Daisuke Yoshida
  • Yoichi Ikeda
  • Keiichiro Waki
  • Ken Shirabe
  • Yoshihiro Kakeji
  • Shunichi Tsujitani
  • Yoshihiko Maehara
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Abstract

Purpose

The clinicopathological features of colon cancer differ between proximal and distal sites; however, the influence of tumor location on liver metastasis has not been fully examined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in the features of liver metastasis between proximal and distal colon cancer.

Methods

The clinicopathological data from 931 colon cancer patients who were treated surgically were examined retrospectively using a multivariate analysis.

Results

The incidence of synchronous liver metastasis was 7.1% (31/438) in proximal colon patients and 11.6% (57/493) in distal colon patients. Both univariate and multivariate analyses showed distal colon cancer to be a risk factor for synchronous liver metastasis.

Conclusion

The incidence of synchronous liver metastasis differs between proximal and distal colon cancer.

Keywords

Colon cancer Liver metastasis Risk factor Distal colon 
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Notes

Conflict of interest

Daisuke Yoshida and co-authors have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Daisuke Yoshida
    • 1
  • Yoichi Ikeda
    • 1
    • 2
  • Keiichiro Waki
    • 1
    • 3
  • Ken Shirabe
    • 3
  • Yoshihiro Kakeji
    • 3
  • Shunichi Tsujitani
    • 3
  • Yoshihiko Maehara
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of SurgeryFukuoka Teishin HospitalFukuokaJapan
  2. 2.Department of SurgeryNational Kyushu Medical CenterFukuokaJapan
  3. 3.Department of Surgery and ScienceGraduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan

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