title: Aggressive surgical treatment of multiple primary lung cancers.
abstract: A case of triple primary lung cancers--squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and large-cell carcinoma--is presented. Surgical treatment comprised, respectively, left pneumonectomy, partial resection of the right upper lobe and completion right upper lobectomy. The postoperative courses were uneventful and the patient remains well, with no sign of recurrence, 20 months after the third operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uramoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests