[Do biopsies and operations lead to formation of distant metastases? (author's transl)].
In medical and public literature the radiologist Krokowski states that diagnostic and operative procedures of cancer disease often stimulates the development of metastases. He believes that 30--90% of metastatic disease is the result of prior operations. Consequently he requires a prophylactic radiation therapy before any operative therapy is done. The authors question the theses of Krokowski since there is no detail presentation of this methods, which therefore cannot be repeated.
D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects*
Fernmetastasierung durch Biopsie und Operation?