title: Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases.
abstract: Pulmonary metastatectomy has been widely adopted for the treatment of malignancies spread to the lungs. This article reviews the historical development of the procedure, pertinent anatomical background information, means of postoperative evaluation, and the conduct and results of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Downey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome