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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterised by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary lung cancers, are carcinomas that derive from epithelial cells. Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women, and is responsible for annually, as of 2004. The most common symptoms are shortness of breath, coughing, and weight loss...
Lung cancer - List of case studies
- Lung Cancer: Well differentiated mixed acinar and bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma (BAC) of the lung (T1 N0).
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74-year-old women with thickening in the left lung. The tumor was typified as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with millimetric parenchymal nodules suspected as secondary. She ...
- Recurrent metastases in malignant tumor of left forearm
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Related Conditions: spreading cancer, Recurrent pulmonary metastases, lung cancer, small cell malignant neoplasm of left forearm, solid neoformation, ...
- Cancer of Colon with Metastases
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70-year-old-male was diagnosed with colon cancer. After undergoing a right hemicolectomy, hepatic lesions were revealed. ... is inquiring about laser resection of his metastatic lung lesions in conjunction with selective internal radiation therapy for his ...
- Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cervix
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and Diagnosis 36 year old with suspected cervical cancer General Comments : Copy of results sent to Israel National ... to prove metastatic spread with the PET scan to the lung area, liver, spleen, adrenals and skeleton. In Summary: The ...
- Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid with Multiple and Diffuse Nodular Secondarisms of the Pulmonary Parenchyma
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thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Her initial work-up revealed lung metastasis. She underwent a right thyroidectomy and then left ... you consider using any new drug tested for use in thyroid cancer not responsive to radioiodine treatment, such as vandetanib, sorafenib, ...
- Secondary Malignancy in mesentery following primary rectal cancer with multiple colonic polyps
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found on colonoscopy to have multiple polyps and a rectal cancer. He underwent preoperative chemoRT, underwent resection and received a ... at that time suggested a mass in the lingula of the left lung but was reported finally as an area of fibrosis. ...
- Well differentiated mixed acinar and bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma of the lung
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of a 74-year-old female revealed a thickening in her left lung, and the tumor was latter typified as non-small cell lung cancer. Her staging chest CAT scan was consistent with a primary tumor in the ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma
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Lung cancer short_summary: ... Pleuropulmonary Blastoma. The disease extent included the lung and pleura with no signs of metastatic spread. It was decided to start ...
- Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cervix – additional opinion
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and Diagnosis 36 year old with suspected cervical cancer General Comments : Copy of results sent to Israel National ... to prove metastatic spread with the PET scan to the lung area, liver, spleen, adrenals and skeleton. In Summary: The ...
- Adeno Carcinoma of Lung
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Lung cancer short_summary: ... 45-year-old male with stage 4 Adeno carcinoma of the lung. The tumor was found to obstruct the left superior lobe bronchus with ...