Lung metastases from giant cell tumor of bone
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Nara Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All comparative reports examining tumor-related death in patients who had giant cell tumors of bone and operable lung metastases and were treated with metastasectomy and non-metastasectomy, were included. Metastasectomy group included patients treated with metastasectomy alone, metastasectomy and chemotherapy, metastasectomy and radiotherapy, and metastasectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.Non-metastasectomy group included patients treated with observation alone, chemotherapy alone, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy.We included human studies and articles with clearly-described death following treatment for lung metastases. We counted only tumor-related death, and excluded the death unrelated to disease and the death related to chemotherapy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The patients who had inoperable lung metastases and were treated with observation, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy, were excluded.We excluded studies without a comparison group, those without a report of tumor-related death, isolated case reports or case series including fewer than five patients and non-English and non-Japanese language abstracts. We did not place any restrictions on the date of publication.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We counted only tumor-related death as the outcome, and excluded the death unrelated to disease and the death related to chemotherapy. | — |
Countries
Japan,Europe
Contacts
Public ContactShinji Tsukamoto
Nara Medical University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Outcome results
None listed