Long-term Results following Surgical Removal of Pulmonary Metastases in Children with Malignomas
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
- Vol. 34 (S 2) , 137-139
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1022191
Abstract
Between 1972 and June 1983, 21 children (mean age 9 years, range 20 months to 16.5 years) were operated on for pulmonary metastatic disease. Primary malignant tumors were Wilmstumor (7 patients), osteogenic sarcoma (7 patients), Ewing's sarcoma (4 patients), hepatoblastoma (2 patients), and rhabdomyosarcoma (1 patient). The surgical intervention was part of a therapeutic pediatric oncological concept with curative purpose including chemotherapy and/or radiation in different combinations. Ten out of these 21 children survived disease-free 3 years and more after pulmonary metastasectomy. An aggressive surgical approach towards pulmonary metastatic disease in children thus appears to be justified.Keywords
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