Arriving at the Right Diagnosis in an Era of Precision Medicine

In the era of precision medicine and targeted therapy, diagnostic inaccuracy can have tremendous ramifications. We present the case of a 61-year-old man initially diagnosed with small cell lung cancer by pathology. Prior to initiating chemotherapy, multidisciplinary discussions led to an amendment o...

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Autores principales: Pulido, Vina, Lee, Shin Yin, Ko, Naomi Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000447351
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spelling pubmed-50570662016-10-17 Arriving at the Right Diagnosis in an Era of Precision Medicine Pulido, Vina Lee, Shin Yin Ko, Naomi Yu Case Rep Oncol Case Report In the era of precision medicine and targeted therapy, diagnostic inaccuracy can have tremendous ramifications. We present the case of a 61-year-old man initially diagnosed with small cell lung cancer by pathology. Prior to initiating chemotherapy, multidisciplinary discussions led to an amendment of the diagnosis to medullary thyroid cancer. S. Karger AG 2016-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5057066/ /pubmed/27752243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000447351 Text en Copyright © 2016 by The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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