ArticleThe Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon2023
Spread through Air Spaces (STAS) in Solitary Pulmonary Metastases from Colorectal Cancer (CRC).
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- Exploratory analysis of spread through air spaces and staple-line recurrence after wedge resection for colorectal lung metastases.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Pulmonary Squamous Cell Carcinoma Dissemination Through Air Spaces (STAS): Clinicopathologic Findings in Different Tumor Origins.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Article
- Spread Through Air Spaces in Colorectal Lung Metastases Signals Local Recurrenece and Reflects Morphologic Aggressiveness of the Primary Tumor.Pathology international · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundSpread through air spaces (STAS) is a recently described route of tumor invasion associated with poor prognosis in primary lung cancer. Aim of this study was to investigate the presence of STAS and to assess its prognostic significance in patients undergoing pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) for solitary metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC). MATERIALS AND
methodsAll 49 CRC patients (30 male and 19 female, median age 66 years) who underwent PM between January 2008 and December 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.
resultsSTAS was identified in 26.5% (
conclusionWe identified STAS as a frequent finding in resected CRC lung metastases and found insignificant association with outcome.
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