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metastasectomy

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metastasectomy /me·tas·ta·sec·to·my/ (mĕ-tas″tah-sek´tah-me) excision of one or more metastases.
metastasectomy
Oncology The surgical excision of one or more foci of metastatic malignancy Note Because lymphoproliferative neoplasms–eg, lymphomas are ab initio multifocal, metastasectomy is used for carcinoma, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma and other solid cancers
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When a metastasis is limited to the lung in an asymptomatic patient with no locoregional recurrence, metastasectomy might provide some long-term benefit, although we cannot know for certain.
Should we treat lung metastases from adenoid cystic carcinoma of the ... by Syed, Irfan M.; Howard, David J. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Of the 213 patients (89%) who did not require any direct management of their primary, 47 (20%) underwent elective resection at the time of metastasectomy and 8 (3%) during laparotomy for hepatic artery infusion pump placement.
45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology ... by Brown, Vanessa; Dua, Sascha / Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancer
As his performance status was good, following the nephrectomy and metastasectomy he was treated with combination immunotherapy of interferon-alpha (IFN-[alpha]) and interleukin-2 (IL-2).
HIV-associated renal cell cancer by Hulbert, F.; Ozzard. A.; Tuthill, Bower, Mark / Journal of HIV Therapy
 
 
 
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