Original Articles
Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2009; 15(21): 2587-2594
Published online Jun 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2587
Table 1 Demographic and preoperative characteristics of the patients n (%)
Characteristics
Total patients236
Age (yr) (mean, range)63 (36-81)
Sex (male/female)153/83
Metachronous metastases (> 3 mo)88
Synchronous metastases137
Previous CLM resection11
Localization of primary tumor
Rectum71 (30)
Colon165 (70)
Differentiation of primary tumor
Poor differentiated32 (14.4)
Moderately differentiated176 (78.9)
Well differentiated15 (6.7)
Adjuvant treatment of primary tumor
Chemotherapy97 (41.1)
Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy39 (16.5)
Radiotherapy alone5 (2.1)
No treatment95 (40.3)
Number of hepatic metastases2 (1-11)
Bilobar distribution76 (32.5)
Size of metastases (cm)3 (0.3-12)
Associated disease164 (72.2)
Anesthetic risk
ASA I-II150 (63.6)
ASA III-IV86 (36.4)
Previous treatment of metastases62 (27.3)
Preoperative CEA (ng/dL)10.35 (0.4-3203)
Extrahepatic invasion11 (4.8)