lung met study

impactzone
impactzone CSN Member Posts: 556 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I just got his from Jennifer W. , who is speaking at a Liver symposium in Denver,

Research Reports

In a Japanese study, long term outlook was excellent when all lung tumors that had spread from a colorectal cancer were completely removed surgically (R0 resection). Nearly 7 out of 10 patients (67.8 percent) were alive five years later. Almost all (94 percent) of those with a low CEA level less than 5 ng/ml before surgery and no cancer spread from lungs to lymph nodes lived five years. Previous surgery for liver tumors or repeated lung surgeries had no impact on survival. The surgical oncology team led by K. Watanabe reported their results in the British Journal of Surgery, online August 11, 2009.

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  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia CSN Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    #2
    Bumping this
    I thought this sounded like great news and didn't want it pushed to the second page and overlooked by some of our precious friends.

    Diane

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