Partial hepatectomy for liver metastases from breast cancer: a retrospective study of 47 patients / 中华肝胆外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the outcomes of partial hepatectomy in patients with liver metastases from breast cancer.Methods The data of 47 patients who underwent partial hepatectomy for liver metastases from breast cancer between 2000 and 2009 were studied.The relationship between the clinical features and outcomes were analyzed retrospectively.Results The mortality of surgery was 0％.The 1-,3-,and 5-year survival rates for these 47 patients were 74.5％,42.5％ and 17.0％ respectively.The median survival was 29 months.Patients with less than 3 metastatic nodules survived longer than those with more than 3 metastatic nodules.The 1-,3-,and 5-year survival rates were 86.7％,53.3％,23.3 ％ versus 52.8％,23.5％,5.9 ％,and the mean survival was 79.4 months versus 34.6 months (P=0.001),respectively.Patients without local lymph node metastases had longer survival than those with local lymph nodes metastases.The 1-,3-,and 5-year survival rates were 82.3％,50.0％,23.5％ versus 53.8％,23.1 ％,0％,and the mean survival was 71.9 mouths versus 28.6 months (P＝0.002),respectively.There was no relationship between survival and tumor differ entiation,expression of ER,PR and Her 2.Conclusion Surgical treatment was safe for patients with liver metastases from breast cancer.The long-term survival was better for patients with liver metastases with less than 3 nodules compared to those with more than 3 nodules.The survival was poorer in patients with local lymph node metastases than those without lymph node metastases.