title: [Metastatic breast cancer: options for metastasectomy].
abstract: Usually, the therapy of metastatic breast cancer consists of chemotherapy or endocrine therapy, because even in the case of isolated metastases in one organ, diffuse tumor cell dissemination exists, so that local surgical treatment does not seem sensible. Particurlarly in patients with hepatic or pulmonary metastases the indication for hepatic or pulmonary metastasectomy should be individualized, as hepatic or pulmonary metastases usually develop during a phase of disease, when extrahepatic or -pulmonary metastases also can be detected. Only in patients with long disease-free interval, with isolated hepatic or pulmonary metastases, and the possibility of R0-resection is hepatic or pulmonary metastasectomy a therapeutic option in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. friedrichmichael@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cordes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fersis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hornung
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Löning
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diedrich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diesing
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis