Challenging Current Conventions: Up-Front Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone for Limited Brain Metastases in Small Cell Lung Cancer
A 79-year-old woman with a history of anxiety, depression, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as a remote history of breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiation, presented to her primary care physician with new right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound identified 3 liver lesions, with MRI confirmation. Computed tomography–guided liver biopsy identified a diagnosis of small cell carcinoma, positive for synaptophysin and chromogranin. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography identified a 3.3- cm left hilar mass with mediastinal lymphadenopathy and concern for lymphangitic spread of tumor, in addition to multiple liver metastases.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Ashwin Shinde, Arya Amini Tags: Gray Zone Source Type: research
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