scholarly journals Isolated Splenic Metastasis of Primary Lung Cancer Presented as Metachronous Oligometastatic Disease—A Case Report

Diagnostics ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Milorad Reljic ◽  
Boris Tadic ◽  
Katarina Stosic ◽  
Milica Mitrovic ◽  
Nikola Grubor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
International Association ◽  
Tnm Classification ◽  
Primary Lung Cancer ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Clinical State ◽  
Splenic Metastasis ◽  
Oligometastatic Disease ◽  
Survival Expectations ◽  
Disease Free

Modern oncology practice and new antitumor drugs prolonged disease-free intervals in patients with lung cancer. Patients with distant metastatic disease are treated only with palliative intent. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, in the 8th edition of the TNM classification, for the first time includes oligometastatic disease as a clinical state that describes the patients with distant metastasis, limited in number and organ sites, who may have more indolent biology. In this paper, we present a case of a 56-year-old man who was admitted to our clinic regarding a radiologically diagnosed splenic lesion of uncertain nature, and who underwent a left upper lobectomy for primary lung cancer 12 years before. After a detailed radiological diagnosis, it was concluded that it is highly suspected metastatic lesion of the spleen and the patient underwent a splenectomy. While no definitive protocols exist on the management of isolated splenic metastasis from lung cancer, splenectomy, in suitable patients, with reasonable survival expectations, improves patient disease-free survival and can prevent potentially life-threatening complications, such as splenic rupture. 18F-FDG PET has very high sensitivity and specificity for differentiating benign and malignant splenic lesions especially in patients who are in the follow up protocol due to primary malignancy.

The importance of the disease-free survival (DFS) endpoint to survivors of lung cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bever ◽  
Jackie Manthorne ◽  
Tissa Rahim ◽  
Layla Moumin ◽  
Karissa Johnston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Disease Free

scholarly journals Prognostic factors of local control and disease free survival in centrally located non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 809-817
Author(s):  
Marloes Duijm ◽  
Noëlle C. van der Voort van Zyp ◽  
Patrick V. Granton ◽  
Paul van de Vaart ◽  
Mirjam E. Mast ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Local Control ◽  
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Disease Free

scholarly journals Determination of prognostic factors of surgically treated pathological Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-504
Author(s):  
Muhammet Sayan
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Overall Survival ◽  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Disease Free

Background: This study aims to identify the prognostic factors in Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer and to investigate whether there was a significant difference in terms of overall survival and disease-free survival among the subgroups belonging to this disease stage. Methods: Between January 2010 and December 2018, a total of 144 patients (125 males, 19 females; median age 60 years; range, 41 to 80 years) who were operated for non-small cell lung cancer in our clinic and whose pathological stage was reported as IIIA were retrospectively analyzed. Data including demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, histopathological diagnosis, the standardized uptake value of the mass on positron emission tomography-computed tomography, tumor diameter, type of surgery, lymph node metastasis status, visceral pleural invasion, and overall and disease-free survival rates were recorded. Results: The median survival was 39 (range, 27.8 to 46.1) months and the five-year overall survival rate was 28%. The mean tumor diameter was 4.3±2.7 cm. The median disease-free survival was 37 (range, 28.1 to 48.6) months and the five-year disease-free survival rate was 26.9%. In the multivariate analysis, overall survival and disease-free survival in T2N2M0 subgroup were significantly worse than the other subgroups. The other poor prognostic factors of survival were the standardized uptake value of the tumor, pneumonectomy, and histopathological subtypes other than squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Parietal pleural invasion was significantly associated with worse disease-free survival rates. Conclusion: Our results showed that there may be significant survival differences between subgroups created by tumor histopathology, lymph node invasion and the type of surgery in a heterogeneous lung cancer stage.

Correlation between outcomes and tumor size in >7 cm T4 non-small cell lung cancer patients: A tumor size-based comparison study

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 784-791
Author(s):  
Volkan Erdoğu ◽  
Necati Çitak ◽  
Celal B Sezen ◽  
Levent Cansever ◽  
Cemal Aker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Overall Survival ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Tumor Size ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
Disease Free

Background We investigated whether all size-based pathological T4N0–N1 non-small cell lung cancer patients with tumors at any size >7 cm had the same outcomes. Methods We reviewed non-small cell lung cancer patients with tumors >7 cm who underwent anatomical lung resection between 2010 and 2016. A total of 251 size-based T4N0–N1 patients were divided into two groups based on tumor size. Group S ( n = 192) included patients with tumors of 7.1–9.9 cm and Group L ( n = 59) as tumor size ≥10 cm. Results The mean tumor size was 8.83 ± 1.7 cm (Group S: 8.06 ± 0.6 cm, Group L: 11.3 ± 1.6 cm). There were 146 patients with pathological N0 and 105 patients with pathological N1 disease. Mean overall survival and disease-free survival were 64.2 and 51.4 months, respectively. The five-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 51.2% and 43.5% (five-year OS; pT4N0:52.7%, pT4N1:47.9%, DFS; pT4N0:44.3%, pT4N1: 42.3%). No significant differences were observed between T4N0 and T4N1 patients in terms of five-year OS or DFS ( p = 0.325, p = 0.505 respectively). The five-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 52% and 44.6% in Group S, and 48.5% and 38.9% in Group L. No significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of five-year overall survival or disease-free survival ( p = 0.699, p = 0.608, respectively). Conclusions Above 7 cm, any further increase in tumor size in non-small cell lung cancer patients had no significant effect on survival, confirming it is not necessary to further discriminate among patients with tumors in that size class.

scholarly journals Modern radiopharmaceuticals for lung cancer imaging with positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205031212096159
Author(s):  
Athanasios S Theodoropoulos ◽  
Ioannis Gkiozos ◽  
Georgios Kontopyrgias ◽  
Adrianni Charpidou ◽  
Elias Kotteas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Overall Survival ◽  
Disease Free Survival ◽  
Standard Uptake Value ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Disease Free

Introduction: In this study, we evaluated the use and the contribution of radiopharmaceuticals to the field of lung neoplasms imaging using positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Methods: We conducted review of the current literature at PubMed/MEDLINE until February 2020. The search language was English. Results: The most widely used radiopharmaceuticals are the following: Experimental/pre-clinical approaches: (18)F-Misonidazole (18F-MISO) under clinical development, D(18)F-Fluoro-Methyl-Tyrosine (18F-FMT), 18F-FAMT (L-[3-18F] (18)F-Fluorothymidine (18F-FLT)), (18)F-Fluoro-Azomycin-Arabinoside (18F-FAZA), (68)Ga-Neomannosylated-Human-Serum-Albumin (68Ga-MSA) (23), (68)Ga-Tetraazacyclododecane (68Ga-DOTA) (as theranostic agent), (11)C-Methionine (11C-MET), 18F-FPDOPA, ανβ3 integrin, 68Ga-RGD2, 64Cu-DOTA-RGD, 18F-Alfatide, Folate Radio tracers, and immuno-positron emission tomography radiopharmaceutical agents. Clinically approved procedures/radiopharmaceuticals agents: (18)F-Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose (18F-FDG), (18)F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) (bone metastases), and (68)Ga-Tetraazacyclododecane (68Ga-DOTA). The quantitative determination and the change in radiopharmaceutical uptake parameters such as standard uptake value, metabolic tumor volume, total lesion glycolysis, FAZA tumor to muscle ratio, standard uptake value tumor to liver ratio, standard uptake value tumor to spleen ratio, standard uptake value maximum ratio, and the degree of hypoxia have prognostic and predictive (concerning the therapeutic outcome) value. They have been associated with the assessment of overall survival and disease free survival. With the positron emission tomography/computed tomography radiopharmaceuticals, the sensitivity and the specificity of the method have increased. Conclusion: In terms of lung cancer, positron emission tomography/computed tomography may have clinical application and utility (a) in personalizing treatment, (b) as a biomarker for the estimation of overall survival, disease free survival, and (c) apply a cost-effective patient approach because it reveals focuses of the disease, which are not found with the other imaging methods.

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