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. 2016 Oct 3;8(10):e814. doi: 10.7759/cureus.814

Table 1. Studies Including Patients with Surgical Resection for Gastric Cancer Liver Metastasis.

OS – overall survival, * – results of multivariable analysis, GC – gastric cancer

Study Country Time Interval Number of Patients/Metachronuos Metastasis 5-year OS Predictive Factors for Poorer OS
Okano et al., 2002 [33] Japan 1986-1999 19/6 34% More than one nodule, Synchronous disease
Koga et al., 2007 [27] Japan 1985-2005 42/22 42% *Serosal invasion of primary GC, *More than one nodule
Takemura et al., 2012 [25] Japan 1993- 2011 73 (R0/R1 – 64)/32 37% *Serosal invasion of primary GC, *Hepatic tumor > 5 cm
Garancini et al., 2012 [34] Italy 1998-2007 21/9 19% More than one nodule, Positive margin, Lack of peritumoral fibrous capsule
Aoyagi et al., 2013 [28] Japan 1984- 2010 17/5 17.60%  
Qiu et al., 2013 [35] China 1998- 2009 25/0 29.40% *More than one nodule
Kinoshita et al., 2015 [26] Japan 1990- 2010 256/150 31.10% *Serosal invasion of primary GC, *³3 liver metastases, *Hepatic tumor > 5 cm