Metachronous lung cancer in a patient after successfully treated small cell lung cancer

Başoğlu A., Taslak Şengül A., Akpolat I., ÖZBEK OKUMUŞ N., Yucel I.

TURK ONKOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY, cilt.27, sa.3, ss.137-141, 2012 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/tjoncol.2012.849
  • Dergi Adı: TURK ONKOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-141
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Small cell lung cancer, cure, metachronous
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

It is known that the risk of developing a second primary respiratory or digestive tract tumor is high in treated small cell lung cancers. This study aimed to present a patient with metachronous small cell and non-small cell lung cancer. Thirteen years before, the 78-year-old male patient received chemotherapy and radiotherapy due to limited-stage small cell cancer in the right lung. In the 6th year of the follow-up, he underwent right upper lobectomy due to lung epidermoid carcinoma, stage 2B. Over the 7 years following lobectomy, he had been followed without any problems. In small cell lung cancer patients with a survival of more than 2 years, the risk of developing a second primary non-small cell lung cancer is 7-16 times higher compared to those who smoke but do not have cancer. Patients should be followed closely so that a possible metachronous tumor can be detected in the early stages.