Table 3.

Resection of liver metastases from breast cancer^*

First author (reference)	No. of patients	Median OS (mo)	5-y OS (%)
Adam, 2006 (83)	85	46†	41†
Pocard, 2001 (84)	65	ND	46 (4-y)
Elias, 2003 (85)	54	34	34
Pocard, 2000 (86)	52	42	65 (3-y)
Raab, 1998 (87)	34	27	18.4
Sakamoto, 2005 (88)	34	36	21
Vlastos, 2004 (89)	31	63	61
Yoshimoto, 2000 (90)	25	42†	33†
Elias, 1995 (91)	21	38.2†	24†
Ercolani, 2005 (92)	21	40.3	25
Singletary, 2003 (13)	21	40 (DFS)	55 (3-y DFS)
Pocard, 1997 (93)	21	ND	60

^*DFS = disease-free survival; ND = no data; OS = overall survival.

^†Since diagnosis of liver metastases.