Breast carcinoma metastases.
With careful selection of patients, complete resection of pulmonary metastases from breast carcinoma may be a useful therapeutic option. Such a treatment appears to offer a significant survival benefit when compared with medical treatment alone, or with incomplete resection.
Bodzin
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GA
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Staren
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Faber
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LP
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000473:pathology; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D015996:Survival Rate
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal