TY - JOUR
T1 - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pneumonectomy in a lung cancer patient on hemodialysis
AU - Melloni, G.
AU - Casiraghi, M.
AU - Ciriaco, P.
AU - Puglisi, A.
AU - Libretti, L.
AU - Bandiera, A.
AU - Sayed, I.
AU - Zannini, P.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - Major pulmonary resections are rarely performed in non-small cell lung cancer patients on hemodialysis. To date only two cases of pneumonectomy performed in such patients are reported in the literature. Moreover, chemotherapy, as a treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, is not routinely administered to patients with end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis. We present the case of a stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer patient on hemodialysis who successfully underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by pneumonectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of non-small cell lung cancer patient on hemodialysis reported in the literature who successfully underwent this type of combined therapy.
AB - Major pulmonary resections are rarely performed in non-small cell lung cancer patients on hemodialysis. To date only two cases of pneumonectomy performed in such patients are reported in the literature. Moreover, chemotherapy, as a treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, is not routinely administered to patients with end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis. We present the case of a stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer patient on hemodialysis who successfully underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by pneumonectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of non-small cell lung cancer patient on hemodialysis reported in the literature who successfully underwent this type of combined therapy.
KW - Hemodialyis
KW - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
KW - Non-small cell lung cancer
KW - Pneumonectomy
KW - Surgery
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2005-865722
DO - 10.1055/s-2005-865722
M3 - Article
C2 - 16311978
AN - SCOPUS:28944443305
VL - 53
SP - 382
EP - 383
JO - Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
JF - Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
SN - 0171-6425
IS - 6
ER -