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Table 6 Studies with cohorts of Stage IV/metastatic WT that reported subgroup outcome of patients with LM (only studies reporting > 5 patients with LM)

From: The role of liver resection in metastatic nephroblastoma: a systematic review and Meta-regression analysis

Authors

Study Type

Year of Publication

Recruitment period

Study population

Number of patients with LM

WTLM with high-risk histology

Local treatment

of LM

Outcomes

Breslow et al.

ROS-OncReg

1986

1969-1983

480 patients with Stage IV or metastatic WT

Sync: 236 with lung and/or liver M

Meta: 244 with relapse in lung and/or liver

69

Sync: 36

Meta: 33

15 (22%)

Sync: 4 (11%)

Meta: 11 (33%)

RT and/or surgery (numbers unknown)

LM (all): OS 39% (SD 5)

Sync LM: OS 64% (SD 8)

All sync patients: OS 67% (SD 3)

Meta LM: OS 12% (SD 6)

All meta patients: OS 40% (SD 3)

Varan et

al.

ROS-SC

2005

1971-2002

57 patients with Stage IV WT

(sync only, different metastatic sites)

12 (sync only)

3 (25%)

RT only

LM (all): OS 17% (SD 11)

All Stage IV patients:

OS 37% (SD 6)

M lung only: OS 50% (SD 7)

Fuchs et al.

ROS-OncReg

2008

1994-2004

45 patients with WTLM

Sync: 29 Stage IV

Meta: 26 relapsed

45

Sync: 29

Meta: 16

9 (20%)

Sync: 4 (14%)

Meta: 5 (31%)

Surgery: 21

RT: 23

LM (all): OS 53% (SD 7)

Sync: OS 59% (SD 9)

Meta: OS 44% (SD 12)

Ehrlich et al.

ROS-OncReg

2009

1986-2002

96 patients with WTLM

(sync only)

96 (sync only)

0

Surgery: 25

RT: 26

LM (all): OS 72% (SD 6)

Berger et al.

ROS-MC

2013

1994-2011

31 patients with stage IV WT

(sync only, different metastatic sites)

6 (sync only)

3 (50%)

Surgery: 2

RT: 0

LM (all): OS 50% (SD 20)

All stage IV patients:

OS 82% (SD 7)

Aronson et al.

ROS-SC

2016

2002-2010

45 patients with stage IV WT

(sync only)

19 (sync only)

9 (47%)

Surgery: 3

RT: 0

LM (all): OS 47% (SD 11)

All stage IV patients:

OS 59% (SD 7)

Jain et al.

ROS-SC

2020

2000-2012

36 patients with Stage IV WT,

lung and/or liver M (sync only)

8 (sync only)

1 (13%)

RT only

LM (all): OS 13% (SD 12)

All Stage IV patients:

OS 50% (SD 8)

Liné et al.

ROS-OncReg

2020

2002-2012

18 patients with WTLM

(sync only)

18 (sync only)

4 (22%)

Surgery:16

RT: 6

LM (all): OS 89% (SD 7)

Pooled data

 

808

273

Sync: 224

Meta: 49

44

Sync: 28 (13%, SD 5)

Meta: 16 (33%, SD 7) → p < 0.001

Weighted mean OS (LM all):

55% (SD 24)

LM Sync: 63% (SD 27)

LM Meta: 23% (SD 9) → p < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: LM = Liver metastasis, M = metastasis, MC = multi-center, meta = metachronous liver metastases, OncReg = oncological study group registry, OS = overall survival, ROS = retrospective observational study, SC = single-center, sync = synchronous liver metastases