Metastatectomy for Extra-Cranial Extra-Adrenal Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Solitary Metastases: Systematic Review and Analysis of Reported Cases
Metastatectomy for Extra-Cranial Extra-Adrenal NSCLC Metastases
S Salah, T Tanvetyanon, S Abbasi
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20120001
2012 Jan 1
Lung Cancer
Metastatectomy for Extra-Cranial Extra-Adrenal Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Solitary Metastases: Systematic Review and Analysis of Reported Cases
Lung Cancer. 2012 Jan 1;75(1):9-14, S Salah, T Tanvetyanon, S Abbasi
Abstract
Abstract
Background: Although patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a poor prognosis, a subset of patients with solitary brain or adrenal metastasis have more favorable outcome following surgical resection. Nevertheless, the outcome and predictive factors for survival following metastatectomy for patients with other metastatic sites are not well defined.Methods: We performed a systematic review using PUBMED database for all articles which included patients with NSCLC and solitary...
