TY - JOUR AU - Sandri, Alberto AU - Donati, Giovanni AU - Blanc, Carlo Droz AU - Nigra, Victor Auguste AU - Gagliasso, Matteo AU - Barmasse, Roberto PY - 2019 TI - Anterior chest wall resection and sternal body wedge for primary chest wall tumour: reconstruction technique with biological meshes and titanium plates JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 12, No 1 (January 10, 2020): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction) Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Chest wall neoplasms are either primary or metastatic with a malignancy rate of about 50% percent (1). Chest wall involvement from primary lung neoplasms are uncommon, occurring in approximately 5% of all primary lung tumours (2). Primary chest wall tumours origin from soft tissues, bone and cartilages; their incidence is 2–5% in the general population (3). Overall five-year survival after resection of primary chest wall neoplasms is approximately sixty percent; relapse occurs in up to 50% of patients, with a five-year survival of 17% (4). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/30526