Surgical treatment of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Most stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients are not amenable to curative treatment. The purpose of this study was to analyse our initial experience with an aggressive surgical strategy for stage IV NSCLC, and to define which patients can benefit from this treatment. Forty-six stage IV NSCLC patients who underwent surgical resection of both primary lung cancer and metastatic sites from April 1989 to December 2010 were included in this study.

Prediction of the prognosis and surgical indications for pulmonary metastectomy from colorectal carcinoma in patients with combined hepatic metastases.

Background: The value of surgical treatment for patients with pulmonary and hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma is controversial. The purpose of this study was to analyze our initial experience with this aggressive strategy, and to define the prognosis and the surgical indications.

Methods: The records of 35 patients who underwent surgical treatments for both hepatic and pulmonary metastases from colorectal carcinoma, from January 1997 to December 2008, were retrospectively analyzed.