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. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG.
Melloni G., Casiraghi M., Ciriaco P., Puglisi A., Libretti L., Bandiera A., et al. (2005). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pneumonectomy in a lung cancer patient on hemodialysis. THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, 53(6), 382-383 [10.1055/s-2005-865722].
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pneumonectomy in a lung cancer patient on hemodialysis
Casiraghi M.;
2005
Abstract
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. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
