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Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Intratumoral Injection of Cisplatin for the Treatment of Isolated Mediastinal Recurrence of Lung Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2017
The interdisciplinary treatment of pulmonary metastases
1Service de Médecine et Laboratoire d'Investigation Clinique H.J. Tagnon, Institut Jules Bordet, l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Abstract:
Treatment of metastatic disease is basically systemic, consisting of chemotherapy or biologicals. In some situations, particularly for lung metastases, surgery may have a very important role. It has contributed to a very significantly improved survival of patients with osteogenic sarcoma and testicular cancer. Complete resection of all the lung metastases is the most important prognostic factor for long-term survival.
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