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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
Eleven patients were operated on for metachronous primary lung carcinomas. Most patients were heavy smokers. The incidence of primary metachronous carcinomas suitable for the operation was 0.45% of primary lung malignancies operated on during the same period. The mean interval between the first and second operations was 47.3 months. Surgical mortality was 0 after the first operation and 18% (2 out of 11 patients) after the second operation. The second primary malignant tumours were more advanced than the first ones. Two patients were alive at the follow-up 9 and 52 months after the second operation. The cause of the death was pulmonary carcinoma in five patients and respiratory and renal failure in one patient and respiratory insufficiency in one patient. Our findings suggest that reoperation for second primary lung malignant tumours should only be performed if the diagnosis is established early enough and if the primary operation was considered to be radical.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0355-9521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment of metachronous primary lung carcinomas.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't