Surgical treatment of primary lung cancer with synchronous brain metastases | Zendy

Peter Billing | Zendy; Daniel L. Miller | Zendy; Mark S. Allen | Zendy; Claude Deschamps | Zendy; Victor F. Trastek | Zendy; Peter C. Pairolero | Zendy

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Surgical treatment of primary lung cancer with synchronous brain metastases

Author(s) -

Peter Billing,

Daniel L. Miller,

Mark S. Allen,

Claude Deschamps,

Victor F. Trastek,

Peter C. Pairolero

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458

H-Index - 192

eISSN - 1085-8687

pISSN - 0022-5223

DOI - 10.1067/mtc.2001.116201

Subject(s) - medicine , craniotomy , pneumonectomy , surgery , lung cancer , adenocarcinoma , brain metastasis , wedge resection , thoracotomy , carcinoma , large cell , cancer , metastasis , oncology , resection

The role of surgical resection for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer is evolving. Although resection of primary lung cancer and metachronous brain metastases is superior to other treatment modalities in prolonging survival and disease-free interval, resection of the primary non-small cell lung cancer and synchronous brain metastases is controversial.

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