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Therapy Options for Limited-Stage, Small-Cell Lung Cancer?
A 58-year-old woman with SCLC received 3 cycles of cisplatin-etoposide plus 25 doses of concurrent 45 Gy thoracic RT. Follow-up CT demonstrated a good response. What would you recommend at this point?
Experts And Viewpoints, April 08, 2004
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Follow-up Therapy for Locally Advanced Pancoast Tumor?
A right-sided Pancoast tumor involving the upper lobe with rib destruction in a 54-year-old man remained unchanged after 4 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel and irradiation. What you would suggest?
Experts And Viewpoints, April 02, 2004
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Therapeutic Options for an Elderly Woman With Metastatic NSCLC?
PET scan of a 74-year-old woman who smokes revealed a tumor in the right lower lobe and 3 tumors near the adrenals. Biopsy confirmed squamous cell carcinoma. How would you proceed?
Experts And Viewpoints, April 01, 2004
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Treatment Options for Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma?
A 55-year-old female former smoker was diagnosed with bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma, possibly involving both lungs. No other metastases were noted, and her PS is 1. What would you suggest?
Experts And Viewpoints, September 12, 2003
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Treating Limited-stage SCLC?
Two years after chest x-ray and ultrasound showed a small hilar mass in a 48-year-old heavy smoker, repeat scans showed that the mass was now 2.5 cm, and biopsy demonstrated SCLC. What would you do?
Experts And Viewpoints, July 08, 2003
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Therapy Options for Primary Pulmonary NHL?
A 69-year-old woman with incidental findings of a follicular lymphoma of the mid-lobe of the right lung showed minimal evidence of follicular (small-cell) lymphoma. What would you recommend?
Experts And Viewpoints, June 19, 2003
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Asymptomatic Locally Advanced Unresectable NSCLC?
A 61-year-old man with NSCLC stage IIIB was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy 1 year ago. He is now disease-free on MRI and CT, but PET shows a single node at the aortic window.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 30, 2003
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Follow-up Therapy for a Stage IIIB Pulmonary Blastoma?
A stage IIIB pulmonary blastoma was diagnosed in a 42-year-old man with a 30-pack-year history of smoking. What would you recommend after daily radiation and weekly chemotherapy?
Experts And Viewpoints, May 30, 2003
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Treatment Options for Pancoast Tumor?
A 55-year-old woman was diagnosed with stage IIIB T4N0M0 squamous cell Pancoast tumor involving the adjacent vertebrae (T1-T3) and extending into the neural canal. What would you do?
Experts And Viewpoints, May 29, 2003
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Metastatic NSCLC Causing Obstructive Jaundice?
A 42-year-old man with obstructive jaundice showed a left-sided mass on CT; local nodes were positive for disease. Could the obstruction be caused by metastatic deposits in the periampullary region?
Experts And Viewpoints, May 29, 2003
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Postoperative Therapy for Stage IA NSCLC?
CT scan of a 56-year-old man showed a 3-cm mass in the LLL. Mediastinoscopy was negative and a 2.8-cm adenocarcinoma was removed. All nodes were negative. Is there any role for postoperative therapy?
Experts And Viewpoints, April 01, 2003
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Treating Locally Advanced NSCLC With Possible Nodal Involvement?
Chest x-ray of a 63-year-old woman showed a 3.4-cm mass in the periphery of the RUL. CT scan showed no disease in the mediastinum, but PET scan showed nodal involvement. What would you suggest?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 28, 2003
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Therapy for Asymptomatic Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma?
Thoracoscopic pathology of a 66-year-old male revealed epithelial mesothelioma with involvement of the lung and ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes. Resection is not possible. What would you recommend?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 18, 2003
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Treating Small-Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic to the Brain?
A 58-year-old man with metastatic SCLC demonstrated complete remission after cisplatin/etoposide, but declined PCI. CT now shows multiple cerebral and cerebellar metastases. What would you suggest?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 14, 2003
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Third-line Therapy for NSCLC?
A 46-year-old man with widespread metastatic NSCLC failed therapy with cisplatin/etoposide/ifosfamide and paclitaxel/carboplatin. What would you recommend as third-line therapy?
Experts And Viewpoints, February 03, 2003
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Treatment for Radiation Pneumonitis
Prednisone 10 mg alleviates the patient's cough, but the side effects are prohibitive -- any other suggestions?
Experts And Viewpoints, January 06, 2003
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Treating Lung Cancer Metastatic to the Brain?
A 64-year-old woman presented with an adenocarcinoma of the lung and a metastatic lesion in the left frontal lobe of her brain. What would you recommend: radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and/or surgery?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 18, 2002
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Treating Early-Stage NSCLC?
A well-differentiated peripheral adenocarcinoma was removed by lobectomy. The surgical field was clean, and no regional or mediastinal lymph nodes were involved. What would you recommend as follow-up?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 09, 2002
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Treating Super-Limited Small-Cell Lung Cancer?
A 67-year-old male smoker presented with pneumonia and was found to have a 5-cm peripheral RUL mass.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 24, 2002
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Brochoalveolar NSCLC With a History of NHL?
An 80-year-old female recently underwent a right lower lobe lobectomy for a 12-mm diameter primary lung carcinoma.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 09, 2002
