Surgical resection of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors: long-term outcome

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 440-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marine Peretti ◽  
Dana M Radu ◽  
Karel Pfeuty ◽  
Antoine Dujon ◽  
Marc Riquet ◽  
...  

Background Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors are rare lesions that remain problematic in several aspects, especially regarding the therapeutic strategy. The goal of this study was to evaluate long-term survival in a multicenter series of patients who required surgery for pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors. Methods Thirty-six cases of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors, operated on in 3 French thoracic surgery departments between 1989 and 2015, were studied retrospectively. We recorded pre-, peri- and postoperative data for each patient, and long-term survival was analyzed. Results There were 22 men and 14 women. Mean age was 53.5 years (range 14–81 years). Three pneumonectomies, 1 bilobectomy, 19 lobectomies, 2 segmentectomies, 10 wedge resections, and 1 biopsy were performed. Complete resection was carried out in 32 (88.8%) patients. Median follow-up was 76 months. Five-year and 10-year survival rates were respectively 86.8% and 81.7% (96% and 90% for patients with R0 resection). Conclusions Long-term survival was excellent for patients with pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors who benefited from surgery, especially when surgical resection was complete. These results confirm that surgical resection must be proposed as the first-line treatment for patients with pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors.

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 13567-13567
Author(s):  
K. Mera ◽  
A. Ohtsu ◽  
T. Doi ◽  
M. Muto ◽  
Y. Sano ◽  
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13567 Background: Surgical resection of colorectal LM is the only treatment which provides long-term survival for pts with advanced disease confined to the liver. However, most of LM are initially unresectable. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of systemic CT for the pts with initially unresectable LM from CRC. Methods: Subjects of this study were advanced CRC with unresectable LM treated by systemic CT at our institution between Aug ’92 and Dec ’03, and fulfilled the following criteria; Age ≤ 75, PS ≤ 2, histologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma, no extrahepatic disease, no prior CT and no serious complication. Results: A total of 349 pts with metastatic CRC were managed by systemic CT between the period. Among these, there were 47 pts who met the recruitment criteria. Their characteristics were; male/female: 32/15, median age (range): 59 (34–75), PS 0/1/2: 33/12/2, primary tumor: colon/rectum: 26/21, sinchronous/metachronous: 26/21, number of LM: 4 ≥ / 5 ≤: 9/38. Regimens of CT were; 5FU/5FU+LV/CPT-11+5FU/CPT-11+5FU+LV/Others: 4/11/7/18/7. In all 47 pts, response rate was 53%, median survival time and 3-year survival rate were 14.6 month and 14.6%, respectively, at a median follow-up of 43.4 month. Seven of 47 (15%) could be secondarily resected after response to CT and all had R0 resection. Estimated 3-year survival rates in resected and non-resected pts were 57.1% and 0%, respectively. Prior CT before liver resection was CPT-11+5FU+LV (IFL)/CPT-11 alone: 6/1. Of the 7 resected pts, 2 pts are alive with no evidence of disease for 38 and 40 month after initiation of CT. Five of 7 pts relapsed (liver 3, liver and lung 2) and all treated with systemic CT for recurrence. Although recurrent disease is persisting, 2 of 5 are still alive for 34 and 48 month by continuing CT. Conclusions: Effective systemic CT allows some pts with unrsectable colorectal LM to be rescued by hepatic resection and provides a chance of long-term survival. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8123-8123
Author(s):  
C. Tarella ◽  
M. Zanni ◽  
A. Rambaldi ◽  
F. Benedetti ◽  
R. Passera ◽  
...  

8123 Background: The high-dose sequential (HDS) chemotherapy approach, including early dose-intensification and autograft with peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC), was introduced several years ago (Gianni & Bonadonna, 1989); subsequently, it has been broadly used in the management of both non-Hodgkin s (NHL) and Hodgkin s Lymphoma (HL). The outcome of a large series of lymphoma patients treated with the HDS approach at 10 GITIL Centers is reported. Methods: Data have been collected on 1,266 patients, who received either the original or slightly modified HDS regimens. There were 213 HL and 1,053 NHL (630 intermediate/high-grade, 423 low-grade); median age was 46 yrs. Overall, 671 (53%) patients had refractory/relapsed disease, 595 (47%) were at diagnosis. Most patients were autografted with PBPC; 158 (12%) patients did not undergo autografting due to toxicity, disease progression or poor harvests. Results: Overall, 1,013 (80%) patients reached Complete Remission (CR) following HDS. As to December 2006, 93 (7%) patients died for early/late toxicities, 328 (26%) died for lymphoma, 844 are known to be alive. At a lead follow-up of 18 years, and a median follow-up of 5 yrs, the 5-yr Overall Survival (OS) projection is 64% (S.E.: 2%). The long-term survival was quite favorable in patients achieving a Complete Remission (CR), with a 5-yr OS projection of 76%. The prolonged OS in patients achieving CR was consistent in all lymphoma subtypes, i.e. both low and high-grade NHL (5-yr OS: 77% in both), and HL (5-yr OS: 72%). Patients at diagnosis had a significantly better outcome compared to patients treated for relapsed/refractory disease, again CR achievement was associated with prolonged survival in both subgroups (82% and 69%, respectively, at 5 yrs.). On multivariate Cox survival analysis, CR achievement was the most powerful predictor of long-term survival (HR 0.13, c.i.: 0.10–0.17). Lastly, achieving substantial tumor reduction before autografting had a major influence on the clinical outcome. Conclusions: 1. the HDS program is feasible in a multicenter setting; 2. the long-term outcome is well influenced by the CR status after HDS; 3. the influence of CR achievement on the long-term survival holds true in all lymphoma subtypes, including indolent lymphomas; 4. an adequate pre-autograft tumor debulking may contribute to a favorable long-term outcome. [Table: see text]


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. e300-e304
Author(s):  
Danielle LoGiurato ◽  
Zoltan Antal ◽  
Ping Zhou

Objective: Treatment of metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is challenging and long-term survival rates are exceedingly low. Long-term outcome data for pediatric patients who received mitotane is very limited. Methods: We describe the case of a 2-year-old boy with ACC with a lung metastasis. He was treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and mitotane, and remains disease-free 13 years after diagnosis. Results: The key endocrine issues learned from this case include: adrenal-derived sex-steroid and insulin-like growth factor-2 levels are correlated with disease status; very high doses of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid are required while on treatment of mitotane; and central precocious puberty needs to be detected and treated in a timely manner to preserve final adult height. Conclusion: We report a case of pediatric ACC with metastasis that was successfully treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and adjuvant therapy with mitotane. Appropriate endocrine testing and management are important for long-term survival and quality of life.


2017 ◽  
Vol 102 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 244-249
Author(s):  
Jian-Han Chen ◽  
Chang-Kuo Wei ◽  
Cheng-Hung Lee ◽  
Chun-Ming Chang ◽  
Wen-Yao Yin

The objective of this study was to research the long-term survival difference between surgery and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for operatable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ≥10 cm. Little data are available comparing surgical resection with nonsurgical treatment in the management of very large HCCs (≥10 cm). We proposed to directly compare patients' 5-year survival rates after surgical resection or TACE of these tumors. Between January 2004 and June 2009, 16 patients with HCCs ≥ 10 cm underwent hepatic resection, and 9 received TACE. The patients were followed for 5 years or longer. The median follow-up period was 55.6 months. The median survival time was significantly longer in the resection group than in the TACE group (30.2 versus 9.33 months; P = 0.05). The 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates for patients in the resection group also were significantly better than for patients in the TACE group (operative group: 57.8%, 36.1%, and 28.9%, TACE group: 33.3%, 11.1%, and 0%, respectively). Surgical resection as initial treatment for resectable HCCs ≥10 cm has a better long-term survival outcome than does TACE.


Perfusion ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 687-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Merkle ◽  
Anton Sabashnikov ◽  
Carolyn Weber ◽  
Georg Schlachtenberger ◽  
Johanna Maier ◽  
...  

Objectives: Stanford A acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a life-threatening emergency, typically occurring in older patients and requiring immediate surgical repair. The aim of this study was to evaluate early outcome and short- and long-term survival of patients under and above 65 years of age. Methods: Two hundred and forty patients with Stanford A AAD underwent aortic surgical repair from January 2006 to April 2015 in our center. After statistical analysis and logistic regression analysis, Kaplan-Meier survival estimation was performed, with up to 9-year follow-up, comprising patients under and above 65 years of age. Results: The proportion of patients above 65 years of age suffering from Stanford A AAD was 50% (n=120). The group of patients above 65 years of age compared to the group under 65 years of age showed statistically significant differences in terms of higher odds ratios (OR) for hypertension (p=0.012), peripheral vascular disease (p=0.026) and tachyarrhythmia absoluta (p=0.004). Patients over 65 years of age also showed significantly poorer short- and long-term survival. Our subgroup analysis revealed that male patients (Breslow p=0.001, Log-Rank p=0.001) and patients suffering with hypertension (Breslow p=0.003, Log-Rank p=0.001) were reasonable for these results whereas younger and older female patients showed similar short- and long-term outcome (Breslow p=0.926, Log-Rank p=0.724). After stratifying all patients into 4 age groups (<45; 55-65; 65-75; >75years), short-term survival of the patients appeared to be significantly poorer with increasing age (Breslow p=0.026, Log-Rank p=0.008) whereas long-term survival of patients free from cerebrovascular events (Breslow p=0.0494, Log-Rank p=0.489) remained similar. Conclusions: All patients referred to our hospital for repair of Stanford A AAD with higher age had poorer short- and long-term survival, caused by male patients and patients suffering from hypertension, whereas survival of women and survival free from cerebrovascular events of the entire patient cohort was similar, irrespective of age.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (33) ◽  
pp. 3315-3323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Lockmer ◽  
Bjørn Østenstad ◽  
Hans Hagberg ◽  
Harald Holte ◽  
Ann-Sofie Johansson ◽  
...  

Purpose For indolent lymphoma, the optimal timing, sequence, and choice of therapeutic regimens remain a matter of debate. In two Nordic Lymphoma Group randomized trials, symptomatic or clearly progressing patients were treated first line with a rituximab-containing regimen without chemotherapy. The purpose of this study was to assess long-term survival, risk of transformation, and need of new therapies. Methods Data were collected at cross-sectional follow-up for 321 patients with indolent lymphoma (84% with follicular lymphomas [FL]) included in one of two Nordic Lymphoma Group trials (accrual 1998 to 1999 and 2002 to 2008). All patients received first-line therapy with one or two cycles of four weekly infusions of rituximab 375 mg/m2, and 148 were randomly allocated to the addition of interferon alfa-2a. Follow-up data were retrieved from initial trial databases and medical records on repeated clinical evaluations. Results At the end of follow-up, 73% of patients were alive, with a median follow-up after random assignment of 10.6 years. Among all, 36% (38% with FL) had never needed chemotherapy. For patients with FL who required new therapy within 24 months because of early disease progression, the 10-year survival rate was 59% versus 81% for those with longer remission. Interferon was not shown to improve long-term outcome. Transformation was diagnosed in 20% of all patients (2.4% per person-year) and in 18% with FL. An additional malignancy was found in 12%. Conclusion Approximately one third of patients with symptomatic indolent lymphoma (30% with FL, 23% without FL) did not need new therapy in the long term after first-line rituximab without chemotherapy. In the entire cohort, 10-year survival was excellent with no major safety issues, which suggests that chemotherapy can be delayed safely in the majority of patients.


2020 ◽  
pp. 096914132092303
Author(s):  
Eugenio Paci ◽  
Donella Puliti ◽  
Francesca Maria Carozzi ◽  
Laura Carrozzi ◽  
Fabio Falaschi ◽  
...  

Objectives Overdiagnosis in low-dose computed tomography randomized screening trials varies from 0 to 67%. The National Lung Screening Trial (extended follow-up) and ITALUNG (Italian Lung Cancer Screening Trial) have reported cumulative incidence estimates at long-term follow-up showing low or no overdiagnosis. The Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial attributed the high overdiagnosis estimate to a likely selection for risk of the active arm. Here, we applied a method already used in benefit and overdiagnosis assessments to compute the long-term survival rates in the ITALUNG arms in order to confirm incidence-excess method assessment. Methods Subjects in the active arm were invited for four screening rounds, while controls were in usual care. Follow-up was extended to 11.3 years. Kaplan-Meyer 5- and 10-year survivals of “resected and early” (stage I or II and resected) and “unresected or late” (stage III or IV or not resected or unclassified) lung cancer cases were compared between arms. Results The updated ITALUNG control arm cumulative incidence rate was lower than in the active arm, but this was not statistically significant (RR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.67–1.18). A compensatory drop of late cases was observed after baseline screening. The proportion of “resected and early” cases was 38% and 19%, in the active and control arms, respectively. The 10-year survival rates were 64% and 60% in the active and control arms, respectively ( p = 0.689). The five-year survival rates for “unresected or late” cases were 10% and 7% in the active and control arms, respectively ( p = 0.679). Conclusions This long-term survival analysis, by prognostic categories, concluded against the long-term risk of overdiagnosis and contributed to revealing how screening works.


Gut ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Laharie ◽  
A Bourreille ◽  
J Branche ◽  
M Allez ◽  
Y Bouhnik ◽  
...  

ObjectiveCiclosporin and infliximab have demonstrated short-term similar efficacy as second-line therapies in patients with acute severe UC (ASUC) refractory to intravenous steroids. The aim of this study was to assess long-term outcome of patients included in a randomised trial comparing ciclosporin and infliximab.DesignBetween 2007 and 2010, 115 patients with steroid-refractory ASUC were randomised in 29 European centres to receive ciclosporin or infliximab in association with azathioprine. Patients were followed until death or last news up to January 2015. Colectomy-free survival rates at 1 and 5 years and changes in therapy were estimated through Kaplan-Meier method and compared between initial treatment groups through log-rank test.ResultsAfter a median follow-up of 5.4 years, colectomy-free survival rates (95% CI) at 1 and 5 years were, respectively, 70.9% (59.2% to 82.6%) and 61.5% (48.7% to 74.2%) in patients who received ciclosporin and 69.1% (56.9% to 81.3%) and 65.1% (52.4% to 77.8%) in those who received infliximab (p=0.97). Cumulative incidence of first infliximab use at 1 and 5 years in patients initially treated with ciclosporin was, respectively, 45.7% (32.6% to 57.9%) and 57.1% (43.0% to 69.0%). Only four patients from the infliximab group were subsequently switched to ciclosporin. Three patients died during the follow-up, none directly related to UC or its treatment.ConclusionsIn this cohort of patients with steroid-refractory ASUC initially treated by ciclosporin or infliximab, long-term colectomy-free survival was independent from initial treatment. These long-term results further confirm a similar efficacy and good safety profiles of both drugs and do not favour one drug over the other.Trial registration numberEudraCT: 2006-005299-42; ClinicalTrials.gouv number: NCT00542152; post-results.


Blood ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 128 (22) ◽  
pp. 4606-4606
Author(s):  
Fouzia NA ◽  
Sindhuvi E ◽  
Kavitha ML ◽  
Korula A ◽  
Abraham A ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) cures beta thalassemia major (TM). Such individuals, ex-thalassemics, have good long term survival. However, there is limited data on long term outcome (LTO) of this therapy. This is particularly relevant as these patients often have organ dysfunction pre-transplant due to secondary hemosiderosis apart from the impact of post-transplant factors such as chronic GVHD, chimerism status and iron depletion therapy (IDT). In this report, we describe the LTO of patients with TM who underwent HSCT with busulfan (Bu) and cyclophosphamide (Cy) conditioning at our center from 2000 to 2011 and had a minimum of 2 year follow-up. Method: Data was extracted from prospectively maintained standardized case record forms for details of HSCT and long term follow-up with particular reference to GVHD, chimerism (evaluated at day +30, +60, +100 and thereafter as indicated), IDT (initiated at variable periods post-HSCT) and metabolic and endocrine disorders evaluated on physician discretion or as per clinical indications. Results:A total of 190 patients underwent matched related donor HSCT from 2001 to 2011 with Bu/Cy based conditioning. After excluding those who expired or had primary graft failure or did not have at least 2 years of follow-up, 124 patients were available for analysis of LTO. 44 patients (35.5%) class 3, 69 patients (55.6%) class 2 and 11 patients (8.9%) class 1. The median age was 7 years (range: 2-24) with 81 males (65.3%). The median follow-up was 7 years (range: 2 to 14). Chronic GVHD was present in 22 patients (17.7%]. Mixed chimerism (MC) occurred in 40 patients (32%) in the first year after HSCT: level I in 21 (52.5%), level II in 10 (25%), level III in 7 (17.5%), and level unknown in 2(5%). At last follow-up, 20/40 (50%) patients with MC went on to CC, 18 maintained stable MC (level I-5, level II-9 and level III-4) with hemoglobin of 11.35g/dl (range: 9-13.5), while 2 (5%) with level 3 MC remained transfusion dependent. Median serum ferritin (SF) at HSCT was 2367 ng/ml (range: 685-7660). IDT was initiated in 90 (72.6%) patients at a median of 15 months (range: 6-53) post-HSCT - 13 patients (14.4%) were treated with phlebotomy alone, while 39 (43.3%) received chelation and 38 (42.2%) the combination. Reduction in SF/month [absolute quantity (ng/ml/month) and percent] was as follows: 40.5 (range: 11.68 - 125.78); 1.67% (range: 0.5-4.58), 54.9 (range: 9.3- 278.7); 2.1% (range: 0.41- 13.8) and 36.6 (range: 3.51-590.7); 1.3% (range: 0.42-42.99), in the phlebotomy, chelation and combination groups, (p=0.077 & 0.017, respectively). SF level of <300 ng/ml was achieved in 33 patients (31%) at last follow-up. Anthropometry measurements (at last follow up) revealed short stature in 53 patients (42.7%; 38M/15F), underweight in 32 patients (25.8%; 20M/12F) and overweight in 14 (11.3%) patients (11M/3F). A total 48 patients (38.7%) had the following endocrine disorders: hypogonadism in 33 (73.3%), primary hypothyroidism in 9 (18.8%), hypopituitarism in 4 (8.3%), diabetes mellitus in 3 (6.2%), and hypoparathyroidism, dyslipidemia and hypertension in 1 patients each. 40 patients were vitamin D deficient (83.3%). Endocrine complications were more common in female patients (55.8% versus 29.6%; p=0.006). Two patients (1.3%) developed malignancies at 7 and 8 years, post-HSCT. Among different patient, donor and graft characteristics, there were no predictors of MC, nor did the ferritin levels or chelation therapy post-HSCT affect the incidence of endocrine complications in this cohort. Conclusion: Our data shows that even though the long term survival of ex-thalassemics is extremely good, at least 40% of them suffer from several co-morbidities related to iron overload and various metabolic and endocrine disorders which requires a coordinated plan for their management. The aim therefore should be to transplant these patients as early as possible before such complications occur and implement IDT intensively early after HSCT. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


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