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Surgery for multiple lung metastases from alveolar soft-part sarcoma
K Kodama1, O Doi, M Higashiyama
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan.
Surgery Today
|January 1, 1997
Summary
Repeated surgical removal of alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) lung metastases may improve survival. Aggressive metastasectomy is beneficial when extrapulmonary spread and local recurrence are controlled.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Physics
Background:
- Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare malignancy.
- Surgical management of ASPS with extensive metastases presents challenges.