Management of Sarcoma Metastases to the Lung

• Published in: Surgical oncology clinics of North America Vol. 25; no. 4; p. 721
• Main Authors: Digesu, Christopher S, Wiesel, Ory, Vaporciyan, Ara A, Colson, Yolonda L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Pneumonectomy; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Sarcoma - secondary; Sarcoma - surgery; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Pulmonary metastasectomy; Thoracic surgery; VATS; Sarcoma; Prognostic factors; SBRT

For decades, surgical resection of pulmonary metastases has been performed; despite limited randomized data, surgery is increasingly accepted as an integral part in the management of metastatic disease. Long-term results indicate resection is potentially curative with significantly improved survival...