Research Article

Analysis of Prognostic Factors for Resected Synchronous and Metachronous Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer

Table 3

Histopathological results.

Synchronous combined surgery () (35.7%)Synchronous “bowel first” () (20%)Metachronous () (44.3%)Total () value

Colorectal specimen
Size (mm, range)35 (17–130)54 (25–90)35 (4–82)40 (4–130)0.024
T stage (, %)0.065
 1-22 (8%)4 (28.6%)5 (16.1%)11 (15.7%)
 322 (88%)8 (57.1%)26 (83.9%)56 (80%)
 41 (4%)2 (14.3%)03 (4.3%)
Nodes harvested (, range)17 (7–76)25 (6–48)26 (9–50)22 (6–76)
Positive nodes (, range)2 (0–10)3.5 (0–17)1 (0–12)2 (0–17)0.217
Mucinous histotype3 (12%)1 (7.1%)9 (29%)13 (18.6%)0.159
Liver specimen
Resected lesions (, range)1 (1–11)2 (1–6)1 (1–4)1 (1–11)0.334
Size (mm, range)24 (4–50)35 (15–80)35 (12–110)30 (4–110)0.005
Positive margins (, %)03 (27.3%)1 (3.7%)4 (6.35)0.015

T stage according to TNM definition AJCC 7th edition.