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Pulmonary Metastasectomy: A Multicenter Comparison of Wedge Resection Versus Anatomic Resection for Single Metastases of Colorectal Cancer.

Stefan Welter, Isabelle Moneke, Ramzi Wara, Antonia Uyen-Thao Le, Ahmad Shalabi, Thomas Graeter, Till Ploenes, Daniel Baum

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8 authors.

Stefan WelterDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lungenklinik Hemer, 58675 Hemer, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4194-8215
Isabelle MonekeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Ramzi WaraDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Lungenklinik Hemer, 58675 Hemer, Germany.
Antonia Uyen-Thao LeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5671-3048
Ahmad ShalabiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, SLK Lungenklinik Löwenstein, 74245 Löwenstein, Germany.
Thomas GraeterDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, SLK Lungenklinik Löwenstein, 74245 Löwenstein, Germany.
Till PloenesDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Lung Center, 01640 Coswig, Germany.
Daniel BaumDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Lung Center, 01640 Coswig, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesPatients with single metastases from colorectal cancer constitute a subgroup with an excellent 5-year OS of 55-70% and with a real chance for cure. In this situation, local margin recurrence in the lung may impair the prognosis and thus is the main outcome target of surgery.

methodsA retrospective multicenter analysis of patients with single metastases from colorectal cancers was performed. Four German Thoracic Surgery units contributed data from their prospective metastasectomy databases. Statistical analysis was focused on tumor recurrence and risk factors for local margin recurrence.

results166 patients from four centers could be further analyzed. For later comparison, 93 (56%) anatomic resections and 73 (44%) non-anatomic resections were pooled. Tumor recurrence was detected: at any site 87/161 (54%), within the lung 62/161 (38.5%) at intrapulmonary margins 25/145 (17.2%) and in intrathoracic lymph nodes 14/138 (10.1%). Intrapulmonary local margin recurrence was more often found in non-anatomic (25.4%) versus anatomic (11.6%) resections (

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that anatomical resection of single CRC lung metastases is superior to non-anatomic resection with respect to local radicality and local intrapulmonary margin recurrence, but there was no difference in OS and RFS.

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anatomical lung resectionlocal margin recurrencelymph node recurrencepulmonary metastasessafety margins

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PMID41154356
PMCPMC12564049

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