Thirty-year follow-up at pneumonectomy of a 58-year-old survivor of disseminated osteosarcoma.
A 1978 case report in the Journal described a 25-year-old man with disseminated osteogenic sarcoma whose metastases regressed after treatment with diet and intensive meditation. Thirty years later, there has been no recurrence of his cancer, and a recent pneumonectomy for chronic bronchiectasis revealed mature cancellous bone in the resected lung. The man is otherwise well.
Jelinek
George A
GA
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. George.Jelinek@svhm.org.au
Gawler
Ruth H
RH
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D017741:Survivors