[POSSIBILITIES FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EXTENSIVE MALIGNANT CHEST WALL NEOPLASMS]

The authors consider possibilities for the surgical treatment of patients with extensive malignant chest wall neoplasms. It is argued that combinedsugical interventions and resection of the affected parts of the chest wall together with the tumour and the use of plastic procedures allow to arrest further development of severe complications in the majority of patients and create conditions for the continuation of the anti-tumour treatment. Plastic and reconstructive surgery permits to extend operability limits and thereby improve the quality of the treatment and increase life expectancy of the patients with extensive tumorigenic process.