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Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases
1Divisions of Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
|May 26, 1999
Abstract:
Pulmonary metastatectomy has been widely adopted for the treatment of malignancies spread to the lungs. This article reviews the historical development of the procedure, pertinent anatomical background information, means of postoperative evaluation, and the conduct and results of surgery.