title: Surgical treatment of metastatic lung tumor.
abstract: Since the first pulmonary resection for metastatic cancer of the lung in 1939, the following procedure can now be offered to any patient who meets these criteria: 1. a controlled primary tumor, 2. resectable lung lesion, 3. unavailability of a better treatment and 4. a good surgical candidate. From 1982 to 1992, there were 42 patients who underwent an operation for pulmonary metastasis at the Taichung Veterans General Hospital. Their cumulative 3-year and 5-year survival rates were 35% and 25% respectively. The overall estimated median survival time was 23.1 months. The overall operative mortality was 2.4% (1/42). We analyzed the effect of different types of primary tumors, the disease-free interval, and the number of lesions on patient survival. In our series, we concluded that none of the above had an effect on the therapeutic results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate