尸检材料证实:患有恶性转移瘤的病人有20％局限在肺内。尤其是患乳腺、肾脏、前列腺和睾丸恶性肿瘤的病人中,20％以上的都有局限性肺转移。最早的肺转移瘤切除术的报告描述了一个由胸壁肉瘤直接侵犯肺实质的病例,施行了单纯切除术。后来胸外科医生发表报告认为肺转移瘤在外科治疗范围之内。Barney和 Autopsy materials confirmed that 20% of patients with malignant metastatic tumors are confined to the lungs. Especially in patients with breast, kidney, prostate, and testicular malignancies, more than 20% have limited lung metastases. The earliest report of lung metastases resection described a case of direct violation of lung parenchyma by a chest wall sarcoma and performed a simple resection. Later, a thoracic surgeon issued a report that lung metastases were within the scope of surgical treatment. Barney and