title: [Limits of surgical therapy for pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer].
abstract: Sixteen cases of first pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer were reexamined. There was no significant difference between the operated and non-operated cases. The prognoses of both groups were unfavorable due to aggravation of the lung, including the pleural focus or other distant metastases. We found a surgical benefit in only selected cases such as comparatively advanced breast cancers with long disease-free intervals, and cases in which the differentiation with the primary lung cancer was difficult. We recommend a mildly invasive operation using video-assisted thoracic surgery in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Sakai Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatsuta
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Esumi
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitani
authors.forename: Junzo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Seizo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masutani
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery