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Synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking

Differences in the histological manifestation of synchronous lung cancers are rare. Synchronous multiple primary lung cancers (SMPLC) are associated with long-term tobacco use, which could independently lead to mutations in the p53 and K-ras genes. We present the case of an 82-year-old man who smoke...

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Autores principales: Lin, Cheng-Chih, Chian, Chih-Feng, Perng, Wann-Cherng, Cheng, Ming-Fang
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20427942
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.62837
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author Lin, Cheng-Chih
Chian, Chih-Feng
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Cheng, Ming-Fang
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description Differences in the histological manifestation of synchronous lung cancers are rare. Synchronous multiple primary lung cancers (SMPLC) are associated with long-term tobacco use, which could independently lead to mutations in the p53 and K-ras genes. We present the case of an 82-year-old man who smoked 30 cigarettes daily for the past 60 years. CT of the chest showed a right upper lobe mass. Bronchoscopy revealed an intra-lumen nodular lesion in the right lower lobe bronchus. The diagnoses of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) of the right upper lobe and non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) of the right lower lobe were confirmed by the morphologic features and the detected immunoreactivity. Immunohistochemical analyses showed a strong positive reaction for p53 in samples of the SCLC and NSCLC. The cancers had a different phenotype, but similar genetic abnormalities may have developed due to the carcinogens in the cigarettes.
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spelling pubmed-28868762010-07-02 Synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking Lin, Cheng-Chih Chian, Chih-Feng Perng, Wann-Cherng Cheng, Ming-Fang Ann Saudi Med Case Report Differences in the histological manifestation of synchronous lung cancers are rare. Synchronous multiple primary lung cancers (SMPLC) are associated with long-term tobacco use, which could independently lead to mutations in the p53 and K-ras genes. We present the case of an 82-year-old man who smoked 30 cigarettes daily for the past 60 years. CT of the chest showed a right upper lobe mass. Bronchoscopy revealed an intra-lumen nodular lesion in the right lower lobe bronchus. The diagnoses of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) of the right upper lobe and non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) of the right lower lobe were confirmed by the morphologic features and the detected immunoreactivity. Immunohistochemical analyses showed a strong positive reaction for p53 in samples of the SCLC and NSCLC. The cancers had a different phenotype, but similar genetic abnormalities may have developed due to the carcinogens in the cigarettes. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2886876/ /pubmed/20427942 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.62837 Text en © Annals of Saudi Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking
title_fullStr Synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking
title_full_unstemmed Synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking
title_short Synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking
title_sort synchronous double primary lung cancers via p53 pathway induced by heavy smoking
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20427942
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.62837
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