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Current Surgical Approach to Pulmonary Metastasectomy. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2025 Apr;72 Suppl 2:e31468

Date

12/10/2024

Pubmed ID

39654090

DOI

10.1002/pbc.31468

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85211238600 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   1 Citation

Abstract

The lung is a common site of metastases for children and adolescents with a wide variety of solid tumors. The role for pulmonary metastasectomy is dictated by tumor histology and can serve either therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Careful surgical planning is required to determine the optimal surgical approach and to ensure successful nodule localization. While high level data are limited, in appropriate situations pulmonary metastasectomy can confirm staging, guide therapy, improve survival, and reduce the need for other therapy escalations.

Author List

Corkum KS, Craig BT, Piche N, Pio L, Fernandez-Pineda I, Malek MM, Lautz TB

Author

Brian T. Craig MD Assistant Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Child
Humans
Lung Neoplasms
Metastasectomy
Pneumonectomy