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ABSTRACT: ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of surgery with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for patients with a
single synchronous brain metastasis from successfully treated non-small cell lung cancer.
MethodsBetween 1995 and 2002, 53 patients underwent resection of both primary non-small cell lung cancer and the associated single
brain metastasis. There were 33 men and 20 women with a mean age of 57 years (range, 32–85 years). At the time of diagnosis,
42 patients experienced lung cancer related symptoms, whereas 11 patients experienced brain metastases-related symptoms. 42
patients had received thoracic surgery first, and 11 patients had undergone neurosurgery or radiosurgery first. Pneumonectomy
was performed in 9 out of 42 patients (21.4%), lobectomies in 30 (71.4%), and wedge resection in 3 (7.2%). 48 patients (90.5%)
underwent complete lymphadenectomy. 35 patients underwent brain metastasectomy. 18 underwent SRS.
ResultsThere was no postoperative mortality and severe complications after either lung or brain surgery. Histology showed 34 adenocarcinomas,
16 squamous cell carcinomas, and 3 large cell lung cancers. 15 patients (28.3%) had no evidence of lymph node metastases (N0), 20 patients (37.7%) had hilar metastases (N1), and 18 patients (34%) had mediastinal metastases (N2). The 1-, 2-, 3- and 5-year overall survival rates were 49%, 19%, 10%, and 5%, respectively. The corresponding data for neurosurgery
group were 55%, 17%, 11%, and 6%, respectively. The median survival time was 13 months. For SRS group the corresponding data
were 44.8%, 20.9% 10.5%, and 2%, respectively. The median survival time was 14 months. The differences between the two groups
were not significant (P>0.05). In lymph node negative patients (N0), the overall 5-year survival rate was 10%, as compared with a 1% survival rate in patients with lymph node metastases (N1–2). The difference was significant (P<0.01). For adenocarcinomas, the 5-year survival rate was 5%. The correspondent data for squamous cell lung cancers was 3%.
The difference was not significant (P>0.05).
ConclusionAlthough the overall survival rate for patients who have brain metastases from NSCLC is poor, surgical resection or radiosurgery
may be beneficial in a select group of patients with synchronous brain metastases and lung cancer without lymph node metastases.
Chinese Journal of Cancer Research 04/2012; 21(1):56-60. · 0.18 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy was usually performed with either hand-sewn or circular stapler anastomosis through a small thoracotomy or using a side-to-side stapler anastomotic technique. This study aimed to present our initial results of Ivor Lewis esophagectomy using a circular-stapled anastomosis with transoral anvil technique.
Six patients with esophageal cancer underwent minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with an intrathoracic circular-stapled end-to-end anastomosis. The abdominal portion was operated on laparoscopically, and the thoracic portion was done using thoracoscopic techniques. A 25 mm anvil connected to a 90 cm long delivery tube was introduced transorally to the esophageal stump in a tilted position, the anvil head was then connected to circular stapler. The anastomosis was completed under direct thoracoscopic view.
A total of six patients in this report successfully underwent total laparoscopic and thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with a circular-stapled anastomosis using a transoral anvil. They were five male and one female patients, and had a mean age of 55 years (range, 38-69 years). The thoracic and abdominal operations were successfully performed without any intraoperative complications or conversion to laparotomy or thoracotomy. The passage of the anvil head was technically easy and successful in all six cases. The mean overall operative time was (260 ± 42) minutes (range, 220-300 minutes), and the mean estimated blood loss was (520 ± 160) ml (range, 130-800 ml). Patients resumed a liquid oral diet on postoperative day seven. The median length of hospital stay was 17 days (range, 9-25 days). The postoperative pathological diagnosis was esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in five patients and esophageal small cell carcinoma in one patient. Tumors were staged as T(2)N(0)M(0) in three cases, T(2)N(1)M(0) in one case, and T(3)N(0)M(0) in two cases. During the mean follow-up of 2.5 months (range, 2-4 months), there were no intraoperative technical failure of the anastomosis or major postoperative complications such as leak or stricture.
The initial results of this small series suggest that minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy for malignant esophageal tumor is technically feasible. However, further multi-center prospective studies and thorough evaluation are needed to evaluate the long-term results.
Chinese medical journal 04/2012; 125(8):1376-80. · 0.86 Impact Factor
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Yong Liang,
Hui Li,
Bin Hu,
Xing Chen, Jin-Bai Miao,
Tong Li,
Bin You,
Qi-Rui Chen,
Yi-Li Fu,
Yang Wang,
Sheng-Cai Hou
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ABSTRACT: To investigate the relationship between postoperative metastasis and circulating levels of osteopontin in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The expression of osteopontin mRNA were detected with RT-PCR technique. The circulating levels of osteopontin were measured through ELASA in 46 NSCLC cases that had not been received any anti-cancer treatment at the time of sampling. The tissues from fifteen patients with benign pulmonary diseases were studied as control group.
The overall median mRNA expression level of osteopontin was approximately 70-fold higher in tumor tissues than in matched normal lung tissues (<0.001). Over-expression of osteopontin mRNA was significantly associated with clinical stage (=0.009). Advanced disease states had higher circulating level of osteopontin (stage I+II versus stage III+VI). In multivariate analysis, stage was the only independent factor influencing circulating levels of osteopontin. All patients were followed up for 12 months, 2 of the 46 patients with both osteopontin mRNA expression and elevated plasma osteopontin levels had local recurrence and 10 had distant metastasis. There was a significant difference in the osteopontin levels between metastasis group and non-metastasis group.
Preoperative plasma levels of osteopontin are significantly associated with post-operative metastasis in advanced NSCLC.
Chinese Journal of Cancer Research 03/2011; 23(1):64-8. · 0.18 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: to present the preliminary results of minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy using a circular-stapled anastomosis with trans-oral anvil technique.
six patients with esophageal cancer received minimally invasive Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy from April 2010 to June 2010. There were 5 males and 1 female with mean age of 55 years (ranging 38 to 69 years). The lesion located in cardiac in 1 case, in lower third of the esophagus in 4 cases and in middle third in 1 case. The abdominal portion was operated laparoscopically. The thoracic portion was done using thoracoscopic techniques. The esophago-gastric anastomosis was created using a 25 mm anvil passed trans-orally and connected to a 90 cm long polyvinyl chloride delivery tube through an opening in the esophageal stump. The anastomosis was completed by joining the anvil to a circular stapler (end-to-end anastomosis stapler) inserted into the gastric conduit.
six patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer (n = 5) and small-cell cancer (n = 1) underwent an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. All the operation was successfully performed without intra-operative technical failures of the anastomosis. There was no severe postoperative complications. The mean operation time was 380 min. The mean blood loss was 300 ml. pTNM staging: T2N0M0 in 3 cases, T2N1M0 in 1 case and T3N0M0 in 2 cases.
the circular-stapled anastomosis with the trans-oral anvil is an efficient and safe technique for esophago-gastric anastomosis.
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] 11/2010; 48(22):1747-50.
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Yong Liang,
Hui Li,
Sheng-cai Hou,
Bin Hu, Jin-bai Miao,
Tong Li,
Bin You,
Li-xin Yu,
Lei Wang,
Qi-rui Chen,
Xing Chen
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ABSTRACT: To study the relationship between expression of galectin-3 (Gal-3) and osteopontin (OPN) in occult metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.
Forty-six patients of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from January 2006 to October 2007 were selected. There were 28 males and 18 females, aged from 33 to 77 years old. The levels of lung tissues Gal-3 and OPN were detected by RT-PCR, and the levels of blood plasma's were measured by ELISA.
There were 12 patients who had metastasized. In un-metastasis group the Gal-3 and OPN mRNA expression levels were significantly lower than that in metastasis group: mean value were 0.07 +/- 0.17 and 0.17 +/- 0.25 in un-metastasis group, while 0.73 +/- 0.23 and 0.79 +/- 0.24 in metastasis group. Blood plasma levels of Gal-3 (18.8 +/- 7.9) microg/L and OPN (153.5 +/- 63.5) microg/L in NSCLC which were detected from metastasis group were higher than un-metastasis group of (9.2 +/- 5.6) microg/L and (89.2 +/- 24.0) microg/L.
High serum levels of Gal-3 and OPN and high expression of Gal-3 and OPN mRNA in NSCLC are closely related to the occurrence and metastasis of NSCLC. They may be indexes of evaluating the occult metastasis in NSCLC.
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] 07/2009; 47(14):1061-3.
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ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to prospectively study the changes in neutrophil elastase (NE), fibroblast growth factor 9 (Fgf9), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) in sputum induced during the early period after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
From April to October 2005, ten consecutive patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) underwent LVRS. Ten non-small cell lung cancer patients (stage II - IIIa) received lobectomy as a control group. The induced sputum was collected from both groups at six different times (two weeks before operation and postoperatively at 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 days). The level of NE, Fgf9, MMP-9 and TIMP-1 were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
The pulmonary function (FEV(1)%) and arterial blood gases (PaO(2) and PaCO(2)) were significantly different between the groups. There were no significant differences in age, ejection fraction (EF), and operation duration, but hemoglobin in the LVRS group was statistically higher than in the controls. At certain times, there were significant differences in NE, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and MMP-9/TIMP-1 (P < 0.05) but not in Fgf9 between the two groups. The levels of NE and TIMP-1 were maximal at 2 days postoperatively and that of MMP-9 and MMP-9/TIMP-1 at 4 days postoperatively in the LVRS group. In the control group, maximal levels of NE and TIMP-1 occurred at 2 days postoperatively and that of MMP-9 and MMP-9/TIMP-1 at 1 day postoperatively. Ten days after surgery, all values of the control group were not significantly different from the baseline. In the LVRS group, the levels were significantly different from the pre-operative values (P < 0.05) apart from TIMP-1.
The levels of NE, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and MMP-9/TIMP-1 of the LVRS group were different from those of the control group. The time course of these changes may be related to LVRS and the underlying process of COPD.
Chinese medical journal 09/2008; 121(18):1796-9. · 0.86 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To compare changes in early pulmonary function and hemodynamics between unilateral and bilateral lung volume reduction (LVRS) for severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Eighty-six patients with severe COPD underwent LVRS, 61 underwent unilateral LVRS and 25 underwent lateral LVRS. The results of lung function (FEV(1), RV, TLC), arterial blood gas analysis (PaO(2), PaCO(2)) and color Doppler echocardiography (CO, CI, EF, PAP) were evaluated preoperatively and 3, 6 months postoperatively.
Six patients died. FEV(1), RV and TLC were improved significantly after (P < 0.05). PaO(2) increased (P < 0.05) and PaCO(2) decreased postoperatively (P < 0.05). According to the Doppler echocardiography there were no statistic difference in cardia functions (CO, CI, EF, PAP) between unilateral and bilateral LVRS preoperatively and 3, 6 months postoperatively.
Unilateral and bilateral LVRS is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with severe COPD, the pulmonary function significantly improved postoperatively, but the results of bilateral LVRS is better than unilateral. Both unilateral and bilateral LVRS showed no significant deterioration in hemodynamics, there were no significant difference between preoperatively and postoperatively.
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] 04/2007; 45(8):552-4.
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