Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pneumonectomy in a lung cancer patient on hemodialysis.
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.
Melloni
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Giulio.Melloni@hsr.it
Casiraghi
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M
Ciriaco
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P
Puglisi
A
A
Libretti
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L
Bandiera
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A
Sayed
I
I
Zannini
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P
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D002945:Cisplatin