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Table 3 Site of recurrence

From: The short-term outcomes of pulmonary metastasectomy or stereotactic body radiation therapy for pulmonary metastasis from epithelial tumors

 

Patients experienced recurrence after PM (n = 32)

Patients experienced recurrence after SBRT (n = 18)

Lung alone

11 (34%)

6 (33%)

Distant metastasis besides lung

13 (41%)

6 (33%)

Local relapse of primary tumor or regional lymph nodes

3 (9%)

5 (28%)

Local progression of PM alone

4 (13%)

0 (0%)

Local progression of PM and distant metastasis

1 (3%)

1 (6%)

  1. PM pulmonary metastasectomy, SBRT stereotactic body radiation therapy