AIM OF THE STUDY: The resection of @entity358 is a routine practice of thoracic surgery wards; however, clear protocols or prognostic factors defining the surgical treatment criteria are still not available. The aim of the study is to evaluate the prognostic factors associated with long-term survival in a group of @entity1 who underwent resection of @entity358 . MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on a group of 250 @entity1 admitted to the Wroc  aw Thoracic Surgery Centre for radical resection of @entity358 in the years 1996-2010. RESULTS: The @entity1 included in the study (n = 250) underwent 339 thoracotomies in total. The overall five-year survival was 52.8%. The univariate data analysis showed that the survival rate was significantly better in @entity1 subjected to more than one thoracotomy (p = 0.01674). Among the other data, such as sex, @entity5 histology, disease-free interval (DFI)  <= 12 and > 12 months, DFI  <= 36 and > 36 months, age, number of @entity5 identified in CT and number of @entity5 subject to resection, operated side, resection type, radicality of resection, extent of lymphadenectomy, and adjuvant therapy, no statistical significance was observed in univariate and multivariate analysis (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Outcomes of re-metastasectomy are satisfactory if @entity1 meet the baseline criteria for surgical treatment. None of the evaluated factors potentially influencing the @entity1 survival was demonstrated to have any prognostic value. Further research, including the biology of @entity5 with @entity358 , is necessary to select the group of @entity1 that will benefit most from surgical treatment.

Evaluation of prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary metastases', 'pulmonary lesions'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumours', 'tumour']
@entity358 :: (MESH:D008171,Disease) :: ['pulmonary metastases']
