[Limits of surgical therapy for pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer].
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.
Tatsuta
Masayuki
M
Dept. of Surgery, Sakai Municipal Hospital.
Masuda
Norikazu
N
Furukawa
Hiroshi
H
Yamamoto
Kazuyoshi
K
Kato
Hitoshi
H
Esumi
Koji
K
Kitani
Kotaro
K
Shimizu
Junzo
J
Imamura
Hiroshi
H
Ishida
Hideyuki
H
Masutani
Seizo
S
Kawasaki
Takatoshi
T
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