Pulmonary Metastasectomy: Where is the Evidence?
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Pulmonary metastasectomy: what is the practice and where is the evidence for effectiveness?
Pulmonary metastasectomy is a commonly performed operation and is tending to increase as part of a concept of personalised treatment for advanced cancer. There have been no randomised trials; belief in effectiveness of metastasectomy is based on registry data and surgical follow-up studies. These retrospective series are comprised predominately of solitary or few metastases with primary resecti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1556-0864
DOI: 10.1097/jto.0000000000000454