TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Breast Cancer
AU - García-Yuste, Mariano
AU - Cassivi, Stephen
AU - Paleru, Cristian
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - Metastatic breast cancer has been defined as a systemic disease. Although resection of pulmonary metastases is a common treatment in other primary malignancies, the role of breast cancer metastasectomy is more contentious. Solitary or fewer numbers of pulmonary metastases and longer disease-free interval are, as in other cancers where pulmonary metastasectomy is performed, significant prognostic factors. For proven pulmonary metastases, the level of evidence for a curative approach is low, but some patients might benefit from a metastasectomy followed by an elective and appropriate complementary oncological treatment.
AB - Metastatic breast cancer has been defined as a systemic disease. Although resection of pulmonary metastases is a common treatment in other primary malignancies, the role of breast cancer metastasectomy is more contentious. Solitary or fewer numbers of pulmonary metastases and longer disease-free interval are, as in other cancers where pulmonary metastasectomy is performed, significant prognostic factors. For proven pulmonary metastases, the level of evidence for a curative approach is low, but some patients might benefit from a metastasectomy followed by an elective and appropriate complementary oncological treatment.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Pulmonary metastasectomy
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U2 - 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181dcf933
DO - 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181dcf933
M3 - Article
C2 - 20502256
AN - SCOPUS:77953174655
SN - 1556-0864
VL - 5
SP - S170-S171
JO - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
JF - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
IS - 6 SUPPL. 2
ER -