Tumor seeding following CT- guided transthoracic needle biopsy in lung cancer. A case report

As a result of advances in the treatment of lung cancer, the life expectancy of lung cancer patients has improved significantly, but it remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. For decades, most of the initial tumor biopsies have been obtained by bronchoscopy or computed tomography (CT)-...

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Autores principales: Melzer, Thomas, Hackl, Caroline Maria, Walter, Julia, Behr, Jürgen, Tufman, Amanda, Mertsch, Pontus, Kauffmann-Guerrero, Diego Erich, Kahnert, Kathrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37875852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02712-0
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Sumario:As a result of advances in the treatment of lung cancer, the life expectancy of lung cancer patients has improved significantly, but it remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. For decades, most of the initial tumor biopsies have been obtained by bronchoscopy or computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic lung biopsy without concerning reports of cancer seeding following the latter. In this case report we discuss the patient history of a 56-year old women with low-differentiated squamous cell lung cancer who developed tumor seeding following a CT-guided transthoracic biopsy 11 months after the intervention. This is put into context reviewing former and current literature.

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