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In 88 operative specimens topography, size and histopathological findings of lung metastases were analyzed. The stages of formation of metastases as the phase of invasion, embolization and implantation were differentiated by postmortem angiographies investigating the neo-vascularization of the metastases by 20 to 60 micron vessels. Analyses of metastases by morphological quantification of tumor regression after cytostatic therapy and immune histochemical examinations of lung metastases in unknown primary cancer have gained clinical importance.
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