Basic principles of the treatment of metastasis of adenocarcinoma of long bones and pelvis.

: Authors evaluated longterm results of the survival of patients with metastasis of adenocarcinoma in long bones and pelvis in 72 cases which were treated and followed at Ist Orthpaedic Clinic of the Faculty Hospital of St. Ann in Brno in the period of 1970-1995. Patients were divided into two groups. One group of patients was treated with intralesional operation and in the second group the metastasis was radically resected. The period of survival in the second group was longer. Authors also present a general survey of adjuvant therapy of metastasis of adenocarcinoma in bones. Key words: metastasis of adenocarcinoma in long bones and pelvis, method of treatment.