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Resected pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A review of 35 patients who, over an 18-year period, underwent excision of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer, is presented. The cumulative five-year survival rate was 22 per cent, and this was significantly increased where the primary colonic cancer was Dukes' A or B. No difference in survival was found regarding the disease-free interval and the number of metastatic lesions. The follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer should always include yearly chest x-rays; and when metastases developed in the lungs alone, surgery for their removal is recommended.

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  1. Thoracic and Rectum and Colon Services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 425 East 67th Street, 10021, New York, NY

    Patricia M. McCormack M.D. &  Fadi F. Attiyeh M.D.

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  1. Patricia M. McCormack M.D.
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  2. Fadi F. Attiyeh M.D.
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Read at the Anglo-American-Australasian meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, London, England, June 18, to 20, 1979.

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McCormack, P.M., Attiyeh, F.F. Resected pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 553–556 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587003

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