Year: 2020
Type: editorial
Abstract: Prevention of catastrophic complications is one of the less-frequent indications for major surgical resection in thoracic surgery. This indication is applied most commonly to patients with advanced cancer in whom a tumor mass is at high risk for invasion into a major vascular structure. Surgical anatomy consequently can be treacherous, and the extent of required resection is typically major. Importantly, the oncologic benefit of surgery in these cases can be difficult to predict. Such patients often have metastatic disease, and in those with only loco-regional disease, feasibility for R0 resection is rarely confidently predictable.
Source: JTCVS Techniques
Authors: Jacqueline K. Olive, Bryan M. Burt
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,553
OpenAlex ID: W3087396682