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KMID : 0364020070400090607
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007 Volume.40 No. 9 p.607 ~ p.612
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Repeated Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Patients with Osteosarcoma
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Lee Jin-Gu
Kim Dae-Joon
Shin Kyoo-Ho
Park In-kyu
Chung Kyung-Young
Song Seung-Jun
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Abstract
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Background: Surgical resection is a standard treatment for pulmonary metastases in patients with osteosarcoma, but the role of performing repeated resections is not clear. This study was designed to clarify the feasibility of performing a repeated pulmonary metastasectomy and the prognostic factors for pulmonary metastases in patients with osteosarcoma.
Material and Method: Between January 1990 and July 2005, 62 patients with osteosarcoma were diagnosed with pulmonary metastases and 36 patients underwent pulmonary resection. We reviewed the patients retrospectively.
Result: The total number of pulmonary metastasectomies was 62 in 36 patients. Among 36 patients, 18 had a second metastasectomy, 7 had a third metastasectomy, and one patient had a fourth metastasectomy. There was no distinctive difference between the first and second metastatectomy in terms of median survival time, and the 3-year and 5-year survival rate (first resection: 20.5 months, 32.6% and 29.4%; second resection: 11.3 months, 34.9% and 34.%). However, the median survival time (7.1 months) was shorter in patients with a third metastatectomy than in patients with one metastatectomy (p=0.01). In long-term survivors, the number of female patients, patients with a disease free time longer than 12 months, patients with a single metastasis and patients with anatomic resection was larger when compared to non-long term survivors, but showed no statistical significance.
Conclusion: Repeated pulmonary metastasectomy is expected to prolong survival time in patients with osteosarcoma, and is expected to increase long-term survival in selected cases. Further studies with a large number of patients are necessary.
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KEYWORD
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Metastasectomy, Lung neoplasms, Neoplasm metastasis, Osteosarcoma
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