Which Soft Tissue Sarcoma Patients with Lung Metastases Should not Undergo Pulmonary Resection?

Albertus N van Geel; Joost Rm van Der Sijp; Paul Im Schmitz

doi:10.1155/S1357714X02000178

Which Soft Tissue Sarcoma Patients with Lung Metastases Should not Undergo Pulmonary Resection?

Sarcoma. 2002;6(2):57-60. doi: 10.1155/S1357714X02000178.

Authors

Albertus N van Geel¹, Joost Rm van Der Sijp, Paul Im Schmitz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology University Hospital Rotterdam/Daniel den Hoed Cancer Groene Hilledijk 301 Rotterdam 3075 EA The Netherlands.

Abstract

Using the second best method of meta-analysis it is significantly shown that patients with an interval of less than 7 months between diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma and lung surgery for metastases do not benefit.