[Surgical resection of pulmonary metastasis from genitourinary cancers].
Three patients who underwent surgical resection for pulmonary metastases were reviewed. The primary lesion was testicular tumor, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma. One of these patients is alive without disease at 30 months after the pulmonary resection, while the others died of recurrence at 3 and 7 months after the surgical resection, respectively. As a factor affecting prognosis, characteristics of the primary lesion, especially its chemosensitivity, was thought to be important. The surgical resection of pulmonary metastasis may be effective, if the indication is assessed carefully.
Nakagawa
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Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Nakao
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Watanabe
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H
Inaba
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Aoki
T
T
Nakahashi
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008649:Mesonephroma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms