Description

Temeck et al identified prognostic factors for a pediatric patient with sarcomatous metastases to the lung about to undergo a second or third resection. These can help decide which patients to treat by surgery. The authors are from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH.


 

Parameters:

(1) resectability of lesion(s)

(2) disease free interval since previous resection

(3) number of metastases in the lung

Parameter

Poor Prognostic Factors at the 2nd Resection

Poor Prognostic Factors at the 3rd Resection

resectability

unresectable

unresectable

disease free interval

< 6 month

NA

number of metastases

>= 2 on right side

>= 2

 


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