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Table 2 Literature analysis regarding hepatectomy for liver metastases from gastric cancer

From: Surgical treatment of liver metastases of gastric cancer: state of the art

Author year

n

Period

Resection criteria

Resectability rate %

S/M

TG/STG

Major/Minor liver surgery

Solitary

Multiple Uni/Bilob

R1%

Overall survival % 1, 3, 5 years

Long-term survivors

Recurrence

Follow-up (months)

1994 [30]

21

 

No extrahepatic No carcinosis R0

Na

13/8

Na

 

14

7

0

19

19% (4)

  

1997 [43]

21

 

No extrahepatic No carcinosis R0

Na

11/10

 

5/16

7

14 11/3

Na

45 19 11

24% (5)

76.1%

n

2001 [23]

              
 

17

1990-1997

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

Na

7/10

na

6/11

8

9 4/5

18%

47 22 0

0

76%

Na

   

2001 [9]

              
 

40

1975-1999

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

Na

18/22

19/21

21/19

19

21

        

5/16

0

70 28 18

15% (6)

75%

88

         

2001 [45]

              
 

10

1979-1999

Na

Na

3/7

3/7

6/4

6

4

     

2/2

Na

60 20 20

10% (1)

80%

10-240

         

2002 [33]

              
 

15

1980-1999

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

Na

10/5

9/6

3/12

8

7

        

2/5

33

35.7 14.3 0

0

90%

Na

         

2002 [31]

              
 

10

1981-1998

No extrahepatic

           

≤ 3 segments

15.6%

7/3

Na

6/4

5

5

        

4/1

40%

65 38 20

20% (2)

80%

1-68

         

2002 [28]

              
 

19

1986-1999

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

17%

13/6

na

7/12

10

9

        

2/7

0

77 34 34

14% (3)

74%

Na

         

2003 [25]

              
 

22

1985-2001

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

8%

12/10

10/12

3/19

16

6

        

1/5

0

73 38 38

20% (5)

68%

Na

         

2003 [41]

              
 

36

1979-2001

Na

Na

16/20

17/19

10/16

Na

Na

0

64, 43, 26

11% (4)

83.3%

Na

2005 [29]

              
 

11

1988-1996

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

Solitary nodules

              

R0

Na

8/3

Na

2/9

11

0

0

73, 42, 27

18% (2)

80

Na

   

2007 [34]

              
 

42

1985-2005

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

17%

20/22

Na

7/35

29

13

0

76, 48, 42

20% (8)

67%

1-86

   

2007 [44]

              
 

37

1990-2005

No extrahepatic

           

R0

              

No carcinosis

12%

16/21

10/27

5/32

21

16

        

9/7

14%

60 27 11

6% (2)

81%

Na

         

2008 [24]

              
 

24

1988-2002

No carcinosis

           

R0

Na

15/9

Na

8/16

13

11

        

5/6

25%

38, 16, 10

8% (2)

65%

1-67

         

2008 [40]

              
 

18

1989-2004

No extrahepatic

           

R0

              

Hepatic function

Na

11/7

8/10

4/14

14

14

Na

56.3, 36.5, 27

17% (3)

Na

2-200

   

2008 [37]

              
 

22

1995-2005

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

              

Hepatic function

7.5%

18/4

7/15

3/19

18

4

        

3/1

Na

77 30.4 23

15% (3)

63.6%

1-106

         

2009 [47]

              
 

17

1991-2005

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

≤ 5 lesions

              

R0

Na

9/8

Na

3/14

Na

Na

0

30.8

25% (4)

70.5%

1-117

   

2009 [50]

              
 

73

             

(11)*

1990-2004

R0

            

No extrahepatic

              

metachronous

15.1%

0/11

Na

1/10

8

3

0

81, 30, 20

18.2% (2)

63%

4-86

   

2009 [47]

72

             

(12)*

1991-2005

 

16.6%

12/0

Na

4/8

9

3

1

57, 43, 43

20% (3)

Na

Na

 

Choi 2010

              
 

14

1986-2007

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

Na

0/14

Na

4/10

9

5

        

2/3

0

67 38.3

8% (1)

63%

Na

         

Tsujmoto 2010

              
 

17

1980-2007

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

Unilobar

              

R0

Na

9/8

Na

6/11

13

4

Na

31

30% (5)

70%

Na

   

Our data

              

2012

21

1998-2007

No extrahepatic

           

No carcinosis

              

R0

31%

12/9

10/11

4/17

12

9

        

4/5

10%

68 31 19

14.2% (3)

66%

6-90

         
  1. H1, Metastases limited to one lobe; H2, few scattered metastases in both liver lobes; H3, numerous scattered metastases in both lobes; M, Metachronous; mets, metastases; Na, not available; S, Synchronous; STG, Subtotal gastrectomy; TG, Total gastrectomy.
  2. Number of patients resected on a total of patients with LMGC.