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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Resection of Pulmonary Metastasis of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Kenichi Okubo, MD,*† Toru Bando, MD,* Ryo Miyahara, MD,* Hiroaki Sakai, MD,* Tsuyoshi Shoji, MD,* Makoto Sonobe, MD,* Takuji Fujinaga, MD,* Kiyoshi Sato, MD,* Hiromi Wada, MD,* and Toru Tanaka, MD† tandard treatment for pulmonary metastasis of non-small Introduction: Management of pulmonary metastasis of non-small Scell lung cancer (NSCLC) is not well defined. Simulta- cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. We reviewed our neous intralobar metastasis can be removed with an anatomic surgical treatment for pulmonary metastasis of NSCLC. resection when the primary lesion is indicated for surgical Methods: Seventy-six patients with pulmonary metastasis of 1,2 treatment, resulting in a favorable outcome in the literature. NSCLC underwent pulmonary resections in two institutes during the Simultaneous different lobe metastasis of the lung cancer is past 10 years. Eighteen patients with simultaneous same lobe me- 3 not indicated for resection in the current clinical guideline. tastasis as the primary lesion underwent mostly lobectomies. Sixteen Furthermore, surgical treatment for recurrent pulmonary me- patients with simultaneous different lobe metastasis underwent com- tastasis has been controversial. To reveal the outcome of bined margin-free resections. Forty-nine pulmonary metastasecto- surgical treatment for pulmonary metastasis of
Journal of Thoracic Oncology – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Feb 1, 2009
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