title: [Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases in renal cancer].
abstract: Spontaneous regression of lung-metastases in kidney cancer (a case report) A case is reported of a 56-year old woman with renal cell carcinoma operated and treated adjuvantly for a year with Interferon alpha. Ten months thereafter the patient had histologically proven a large pulmonary metastatic disease that regressed spontaneously. Duration of the spontaneous remission was 8 months.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie-cancérologie, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rauh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duhem
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ries
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dicato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lamy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lens
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha
vernacular_title: Régression spontanée de métastases pulmonaires d'un cancer rénal.