Table 4 Reported series of surgical resection for gastric cancer liver metastases including more than 20 patients

Ochiai et al. [25]

National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan

Absence of serosal invasion of primary tumor (T ≤ 3)

Absence of venous invasion of primary tumor

Miyazaki et al. [26]

Chiba Univ., Japan

Solitary, surgical margin ≥ 10 mm

Ambiru [27]

Chiba Univ., Japan

Metachronous

Okano et al. [11]

Kagawa Med. Univ., Japan

Solitary, metachronous, presence of a pseudocapsule

Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma

Sakamoto et al. [3]

Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan

Solitary

Shirabe et al. [28]

Kyusyu Univ., Japan

Solitary, absence of venous invasion of primary tumor

Koga et al. [12]

Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan

Absence of serosal invasion of primary tumor (T ≤ 3), solitary

Sakamoto et al. [13]

National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan

Unilobar, size of largest hepatic tumor ≤ 4 cm

Thelen et al. [29]

Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Univ., Germany

R0 resection

Cheon et al. [14]

Yonsei Univ., Korea

Solitary

Takemura et al. [30]

Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan

Serosal invasion of primary tumor (T ≤ 3)

Size of largest hepatic tumor < 5.0 cm

Schildberg et al. [31]

Univ. of Erlangen/Nürnberg, Germany

Metachronous, solitary, R0 resection

Qiu et al. [15]

Sun Yat-Sen Univ., China

Solitary

Kinoshita et al. [32]

Multicenter in Japan

Absence of serosal invasion of primary tumor (T ≤ 3), number of liver metastases < 3, size of largest hepatic tumor < 5.0 cm

Oki et al. [33]

Multicenter in Japan

Solitary, low-grade lymph node metastasis (N0 or N1)

Oguro et al. [34]

Juntendo Univ., Japan

Histology (well or mod), metachronous

Tatsubayashi et al. [35]

Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, Japan

N/A

Solitary, age > 70 years, elevated CA19-9