title: [Surgery for pulmonary metastases--selection of patients and procedures].
abstract: Thirty percent of patients suffering from malignant disease develop pulmonary metastases. Effective chemotherapy is lacking for many of these tumors. A selected group of patients with metastases limited to the lung may benefit from pulmonary metastasectomy. This study describes the patient selection, the prognostic factors and the operative approach.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Ris
mesh_terms: D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods