title: [The surgery of lung metastases of melanoma].
abstract: Melanoma is considered one of the most lethal cancers and surgical therapy of its pulmonary metastases is rarely indicated. The only hope for a successful surgical treatment of secondaries from melanoma is a radical resection. Considering the very frequent multiorgan involvement of melanoma metastases, surgery is usually possible in less than 5% of cases. Nevertheless, in selected cases without lymph nodal involvement a 5-year survival rate of 31% has been reported. In any way, it must be remembered that about 10% of lung tumours thought to be metastases are primary cancers. In this occurrence surgery could be a rescuing solution. So, a pulmonary resection is always imperative when some diagnostic doubt exists.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgica Generale, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meriggi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forni
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013908:Thoracotomy
vernacular_title: La chirurgia delle metastasi polmonari di melanoma.