title: [Surgery of metastases--can surgery of metastases be radical?].
abstract: Resection of metastases gains more and more importance in day to day surgical work task. Mainly only liver- and pulmonary metastases can be resected with a curative aim, depending on the primary tumor and the metastasing cascade. According to tumor surgery a R0-resection is warranted. Whether a multimodal approach may improve long-term results by eliminating occult micrometastases should be answered by ongoing studies. Even in palliative situations complete resections of metastasis are preferred and in selected situations a multimodal approach may be chosen.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Jauch
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Koebe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piltz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hertlein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dienemann
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis