Palliative surgery for Krukenberg tumors - 12-year experience and review of the literature

World Journal of Clinical Oncology
Isaac Seow-EnMelissa Ching Ching Teo

Abstract

To determine the clinical characteristics of patients undergoing palliative surgery for Krukenberg tumors, including disease presentation, outcomes, and prognostic factors. This was a retrospective clinical study of all patients who underwent palliative surgery for Krukenberg tumors between January 2004 and December 2015. Patient information was obtained from inpatient and outpatient case notes as well as the hospital electronic records. Patients who underwent potentially curative resection, and patients with Krukenberg tumors who did not undergo surgery were also excluded from the study. Palliative surgery was defined as those performed for either alleviation of symptoms or for asymptomatic patients for whom surgical removal of the tumors were deemed necessary following a multidisciplinary consensus. Tumors were diagnosed pre-operatively by computed tomography scans and all had histologic confirmation of the surgical specimens. Over the study duration, 38 female patients underwent palliative surgery for Krukenberg tumors at our institution. Mean age was 54.2 ± 11.7 years. The colon was the most frequent primary source of metastases (n= 21) followed by the stomach (n= 4). Prophylactic palliative surgery was performed for eight ...Continue Reading

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