title: Oligometastatic NSCLC: the changing role of surgery.
abstract: There is a very limited role for pulmonary resection in the management of NSCLC that has already metastasized systemically. Well selected individuals who present with limited metastatic disease (oligometastases) to a single organ may be considered for resection or an alternative local therapy to both the lung and the extrapulmonary site in rare instances where a thorough metastatic evaluation fails to reveal other foci of disease. This evaluation must include a negative mediastinoscopy.
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, USA.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Vallières
keywords: Lung cancer; oligometastases