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In cases where a tumour of the lung is found to have invaded the chest wall, but the invasion is limited, it is possible to resect a portion of the chest wall together with the tumour. Although this is clearly a more advanced stage of disease than that confined within the lung, good 5-year survival rates can be expected.
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Wells, F.C., Coonar, A.S. (2018). Chest Wall Excision in Combination with Pulmonary Resection. In: Thoracic Surgical Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66270-1_38
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