Results of intention-to-treat pulmonary metastasectomies in northern Finland revealing significant number of new lung primary carcinomas: time to move on from wedge resections?

• Published in: Journal of Thoracic Disease
• Main Authors: Karjula, Topias, Niskakangas, Anne, Mustonen, Olli, Puro, Iiris, Väyrynen, Juha P., Helminen, Olli, Yannopoulos, Fredrik
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: AME Publishing Company 2023
• Subjects: Original Article; Meier; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10323574/; https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-22-1647

BACKGROUND: A considerable proportion of intended pulmonary metastasectomies is known to turn out as new incidental primary lung cancers in final pathology. We aimed to analyse the trends and results of pulmonary metastasectomies using the intention-to-treat approach with an emphasis on final histop...