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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2011 Dec 20;105(7):709–713. doi: 10.1002/jso.23015

TABLE I.

Demographics of 57 Patients Who Underwent Metastasectomy or Repeat Resection for Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Feature Median (range)
Age at diagnosis 40 (6–72)
Sex, M/F 21/36

No. (%)

Lee staging classification at initial presentation
 II 10 (17)
 III 13 (23)
 IV 25 (44)
 Unknown 9 (16)
Hormonal status at initial presentation
 Non-functional 19 (33)
 Functional 35 (61)
 Unknown 3 (5)
 Hypercortisolism 23 (66)
 Hyperaldosteronism 5 (14)
 Virilization 4 (11)
 Feminization 3 (9)
Side of primary tumor
 Right 30 (53)
 Left 27 (47)
 Right-sided primaries with 1st recurrence to liver 16 (53)
 Left-sided primaries with 1st recurrence to liver 9 (33)
Disease status after resection of primary tumor
 NED 45 (79)
 Not NED 10 (18)
 Unknown 2 (3)

Sites and resections of distant metastases
 Total metastasectomies 116
 Total liver resections 23
 Total lung resections 48
 Total abdominal resections (other than hepatic and primary) 22
 Other sites resected 23

Systemic therapy Total/mitotane

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy 6 (11%)/6 (11%)
Adjuvant chemotherapy 34 (60%)/25 (44%)