Aggressive Surgery in Palliative Setting of Lung Cancer: Is it Helpful?
With increase in survival and progression-free survival in the advanced metastatic cancers, the expectation of quality of life (QOL) has increased dramatically. Palliative care plays a vital role in the management of these advanced cancer patients. At present scenario, palliative care in advanced cancer has seen a completely different approach. Aggressive surgical procedures have been performed to improve the QOL in the advanced cancer patients. We report a case of advanced lung cancer with pathological femur fracture, treated with extensive total femur replacement surgery to provide better QOL.
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Suman
S
Byregowda
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Kumar
K
Prabhash
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Ajay
A
Puri
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Amit
A
Joshi
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Vanita
V
Noronha
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Vijay M
VM
Patil
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pankaj Kumar
PK
Panda
Departments of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Orthopedic Oncology Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Ashish
A
Gulia
Lung cancer; Multidisciplinary; Palliation; Skeletal metastasis