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ANNALS OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 289-295Publisher
MEDICAL TRIBUNE INC
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.ra.19-00070
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pulmonary metastasectomy; metastatic germ cell tumor; germ cell tumor; lung metastases; secondary lung cancer
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Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are the most common malignancy among young men in the United States. Although prognosis is favorable and response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens is good, 10%-20% of patients with thoracic metastases require surgical management following completion of chemotherapy. Pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) has been employed for GCT patients with lung metastases for several decades. Outcomes have been excellent thus far. However, there have been no randomized controlled trials of PM in GCT and, as new surgical techniques are developed, there is variability in management. This article reviews the existing data on current management of pulmonary metastases in GCT, with attention paid to timing of surgery, surgical approaches, and complications.
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