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Role of Surgery in Lung Metastases from Breast Cancer

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Pulmonary metastasectomy is widely accepted in many malignancies. Its role in metastatic breast cancer is more controversial. It is a relatively easy operation that can often be performed via a minimally invasive approach. There is no data from randomised trials to show its benefit; however in a systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 16 cohort studies, the pooled 5-year survival was 46%. Two thirds of solitary pulmonary nodules in patients with breast cancer are not metastasis, with early-stage lung cancer being the most common diagnosis.

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    Michael Shackcloth MD & Susannah Love FRCS

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  3. Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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  4. Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Gdańsk Medical University Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Gdańsk, Poland

    Elżbieta Senkus-Konefka

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Shackcloth, M., Love, S. (2018). Role of Surgery in Lung Metastases from Breast Cancer. In: Wyld, L., Markopoulos, C., Leidenius, M., Senkus-Konefka, E. (eds) Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56673-3_53

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