Table 2. A summary of survival data for resection of melanoma metastatic to lung.
| Author | Institution | Country | Publication year | N | Median survival (months) | 3-year survival | 5-year survival (%) | Prognostic factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feun et al. (62) | MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas | USA | 1982 | 26 | 16 | NA | NA | NA |
| Overett and Shiu (63) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York | USA | 1985 | 17 | 19 | NA | NA | NA |
| Wong et al. (64) | John Wayne Cancer Institute, California | USA | 1988 | 38 | 24 | NA | 31 | NA |
| Karp et al. (65) | New York University Medical Center, New York | USA | 1990 | 22 | 11 | NA | 4.5 | NA |
| Gorenstein et al. (66) | MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas | USA | 1991 | 54 | 18 | NA | 18 | Site of first recurrence, DFI |
| Harpole et al. (67) | Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina | USA | 1992 | 84 | 20 | NA | 20 | Number of pulmonary metastases, DFI |
| Tafra et al. (68) | John Wayne Cancer Institute, California | USA | 1995 | 106 | 23 | 37 | 27 | Number of pulmonary metastases, TDT |
| Pastorino et al. (69) | 18 departments of thoracic surgery in Europe, the USA and Canada | Multinational | 1997 | 282 | NA | NA | 21 | NA |
| Leo et al. (70) | European Institute of Oncology | Italy | 2000 | 282 | 19 | 30 | 18 | Time elapsed from primary tumour to pulmonary metastases, number of pulmonary metastases |
| Meyer et al. (60) | University Hospital of Erlangen | Germany | 2000 | 10 | 28 | NA | NA | NA |
| Dalrymple-Hay et al. (71) | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney | Australia | 2002 | 121 | 16 | 36.6 | 22 | Number of pulmonary metastases, DFI, PET usage |
| Andrews et al. (72) | H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Florida | USA | 2006 | 86 | 35 | 50 | 33 | NA |
| Petersen et al. (73) | Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina | USA | 2007 | 318 | 17 | 28 | 21 | NA |
| Neuman et al. (74) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York | USA | 2007 | 26 | 40 | 51 | NA | Number of pulmonary metastases |
| Schuhan et al. (8) | Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum, Heidelberg | Germany | 2011 | 30 | 18.3 | 48 | 35.1 | Gender |
| Chua et al. (75) | Melanoma Institute Australia, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney | Australia | 2012 | 292 | 23 | 42 | 34 | Number of pulmonary metastases, size of metastatic deposits |
| Hanna et al. (6) | Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Ontario | Canada | 2018 | 99 | 22.9 | 25 | 21 | Size of metastatic deposits |
DFI, disease-free interval; NA, not available; PET, positron emission tomography; TDT, tumour doubling time.