The Never-Ending Dilemma with Lung Cancer; It Never Gives Up

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. Unfortunately, up to 20% of these patients go on to develop multiple primary lesions in the lung. This phenomenon, termed as multiple primary lung cancers, is currently on the rise. Approach to MPLC is unique as they require m...

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Published inSurgical Case Reports pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Anwer, Lucman, Nurhussen, Akram, Anwer, Javairia, M. AlKattan, Khaled, Hussein, Mohamed
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.12.2019
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Summary:Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. Unfortunately, up to 20% of these patients go on to develop multiple primary lesions in the lung. This phenomenon, termed as multiple primary lung cancers, is currently on the rise. Approach to MPLC is unique as they require meticulous assessment by a multi-disciplinary team. However, literature and guidelines on MPLC remain limited. Our case sheds light over few important aspects of MPLC and calls for lung cancer committees to address the grey areas in their diagnosis and management.
ISSN:2613-5965
2613-5965
DOI:10.31487/j.SCR.2019.05.07