title: Pre- and post- transplantation lung cancer in heart transplant recipients.
abstract: Heart transplantation after lung cancer surgery can be questionable because of the high risk of cancer recurrence. We report the results of two patients. The first underwent right lobectomy in 2008 for pT1N0 adenocarcinoma, heart-transplantation in 2010, and surgery for synchronous adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma in 2012. The second underwent left segmentectomy for pT1aN0 adenosquamous carcinoma and transplantation in 1995 and then surgery for pT1aN1 adenocarcinoma in 2013. Posttransplantation lung cancer histologic analysis results were different in both cases, demonstrating the absence of metastatic recurrence. Thus, early stage lung cancer might not be a contraindication to heart transplantation, nor are long delays be necessary before registering on a waiting list.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Ciprian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pricopi
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, La Pitié hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Shaida
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varnous
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arame
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Pimpec Barthes
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Descartes University, Paris, France. Electronic address: marc.riquet@egp.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riquet
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy