Metachronous lung cancer that presented as bilateral synchronous lung cancer

Metachronous lung cancer that presented as bilateral synchronous lung cancer

Every patient undergoing curative treatment for primary lung cancer is a candidate for metachronous lung cancer, with a reported risk of 5% per year. The majority of cases are stage I patients. Patients who undergo resection for lung cancer should be followed regularly. A metachronous lung cancer th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of thoracic disease 2013-06, Vol.5 (3), p.E87-E89
Hauptverfasser: Kocaturk, Celalettin Ibrahim, Cansever, Levent, Kanmaz, Dilek Zehra, Bedirhan, Mehmet Ali
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Every patient undergoing curative treatment for primary lung cancer is a candidate for metachronous lung cancer, with a reported risk of 5% per year. The majority of cases are stage I patients. Patients who undergo resection for lung cancer should be followed regularly. A metachronous lung cancer that develops as bilateral synchronous lung cancer is very rare.
ISSN:2072-1439
2077-6624
DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.04.16