Current Concepts: Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Colorectal cancer

There is no good quality evidence for the effect of pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal cancer. The practice has been in existence for over forty years and is increasing. Better evidence is needed to justify the continuing expansion of this practice and indeed for its continuance.

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