Open AccessPulmonary metastasis of head and neck cancer: surgical removal outcomes from a tertiary care center
Author(s) -
Abdullah Alshammari,
Talal Nael Almasri,
Jumana Sarraj,
Omniyah Alashgar,
Mohamed Ahmed,
Khaled Alkattan,
Waleed Saleh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-019-00866-3
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiothoracic surgery , vascular surgery , tertiary care , cardiac surgery , head and neck cancer , head and neck , center (category theory) , surgery , general surgery , metastasis , cancer , distant metastasis , radiology , chemistry , crystallography
There has been no clear data on the effectiveness of pulmonary metastasectomy on several original cancers, including head and neck. We aim to collect data about the metastasectomies performed in our center for eligible patients and elaborate more on predictors and prognosis.