Key result
Surgical debulking and multimodal treatment of a single left heart metastasis from esophageal cancer allowed the patient to survive 1 year with good performance status.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical resection and multimodal treatment of an isolated cardiac metastasis can yield favorable survival and performance status.
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Surgical resection of cardiac metastases may palliate symptoms in select cases; leaves open survival benefit versus systemic therapy.
Abbate et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Isolated cardiac metastasis from squamous cell esophageal cancer (n=1). Surgical debulking and multimodal treatment was evaluated on Survival and performance status. Surgical debulking and multimodal treatment of a single left heart metastasis from esophageal cancer allowed the patient to survive 1 year with good performance status.
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