Lymph Node Metastasis after Spontaneous Regression of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Lymph Node Metastasis after Spontaneous Regression of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr;52(2):119-123 Authors: Jeong JH, Choi PJ, Yi JH, Jeong SS, Lee KN Abstract Spontaneous regression of lung cancer is a very rare and poorly understood phenomenon. A 64-year-old man presented to Dong-A University Hospital with a shrunken nodule in the right lower lobe. Although the nodule showed a high likelihood of malignancy on needle aspiration biopsy, the patient refused surgery. The nodule spontaneously regressed completely in the next 17 months. However, the subcarinal lymph node was found to be enlarged 16 months after complete regression was observed. We pathologically confirmed metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma and performed neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery, and adjuvant chemoradiation. Regardless of tumor size reduction, it is preferable to perform surgery aggressively in cases of operable lung cancer. PMID: 31089452 [PubMed]
Source: Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research