Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Göğüs Cerrahisi AD, İzmir

In non-s mall cell lung cancer patients, synchronous or metachronous metastases classified as M1 (stage IV) disease. Most experiences and success about metastatectomy are obtained from surgical treatment of solitary metastases of brain and adrenal glands. Except these cases, all are accepted as inoperable, and long term survival is not achieved despite chemotherapy and/or irradiation in most cases. However, surgical intervention constitutes a hopeful approach for solitary metastases of other organs in lung cancer recently.