CURRENT VIEWS TO THE PROBLEM OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY METASTASES

Abstract

Metastasis of tumors are one of the most important problems in modern oncology. During complex examination metastases in the lung was detected in 6 - 30% of patients with malignant tumors of any localization. In most cases lung metastases occurs in malignant kidney tumors (37.7%), musculoskeletal system (18.6%), breast cancer (15.7%), at least - in cancer and uterine sarcomas (4.2%).
Despite increasing availability of different treatments there is no general consensus on treatment strategy in lung metastases, especially single and multiple. Most researchers recommend chemo-immunotherapy-hormone therapy depending on the histogenesis of malignant tumors, although in recent years appear supporters of the surgical method, as a component of combined and complex treatment.
Based on the above, the choice of rational approach to the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic lung lesions and pleura is topical problem in the practice of oncology.