Table 4.

Studies showing factors predicting poor survival after hepatic resection for non-colorectal non-neuroendocrine metastatic tumours

Authors	Year	No. of patients	5-year survival	Poor prognostic factors
Schmelzle M21	2010	44	20%	Lack of chemotherapy Adenocarcinoma DFI < 18 months
Ercolani G22	2009	134	40%	Tumour > 5 cm DFI < 12 months Gastrointestinal primary
Lehner F23	2009	242	28%	R0 resection Synchronous tumours
O'Rourke TR20	2007	102	38%	Tumour > 5 cm Extrahepatic nodal disease
Lendoire J24	2007	106	19%	Non-genitourinary primary Non-breast primary R1 resection Synchronous tumours
Adam R19	2006	1452	36%	Age > 60 years Non-breast primary Melanoma/squamous tumours DFI < 12 months Extrahepatic disease R2 resection Major hepatectomy
Reddy SK25	2006	82	37%	No adjuvant chemoradiotherapy Diagnosis to resection < 6 months
Earle26	2006	69	30.5%	Tumour type DFISynchronous tumours
Weitz J17	2005	141	17%	Non-genital primary R1 resection DFI < 2 years
Laurent C27	2001	39	35%	DFI < 24 months

DFI, disease-free interval.