Lung cancer induced from chemotherapy a 20 years old case

Lung cancer induced from chemotherapy a 20 years old case

Lung cancer is diagnosed at a late stage although we have novel diagnostic tools. The association of smoking and other environmental factors are well known. However; there are cases where a malignancy is associated with previous radiation treatment. There is an association between radiotherapy treat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Respiratory medicine case reports Vol. 24; pp. 32 - 34
Main Authors: Sapalidis, Konstantinos, Laskou, Stella, Amaniti, Aikaterini, Mantalovas, Stylianos, Giannakidis, Dimitris, Koulouris, Charilaos, Karapantzos, Ilias, Karapantzou, Chrysa, Mponiou, Konstantina, Tsiouda, Theodora, Konstantinou, Fotis, Kougioumtzi, Ioanna, Katsikogiannis, Nikos, Sardeli, Chrysa, Gogakos, Apostolos, Schizas, Nikos, Domeyer, Philip, Zarogoulidis, Paul, Kesisoglou, Isaak
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-01-2018
Elsevier
Subjects:
Case Report
EBUS
Hodgkin lymphoma
Laryngeal cancer
Lung cancer
Radiation
Laryngeal cancer
EBUS
Lung cancer
Radiation
Hodgkin lymphoma
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Lung cancer is diagnosed at a late stage although we have novel diagnostic tools. The association of smoking and other environmental factors are well known. However; there are cases where a malignancy is associated with previous radiation treatment. There is an association between radiotherapy treatment and cancer incidence. We present a case where lung cancer and laryngeal cancer was induced 20 years after radiation therapy of a hogkin lymphoma.
ISSN:2213-0071
2213-0071
DOI:10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.03.013