Lung cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis.
Oncol Lett
; 6(3): 705-708, 2013 Sep.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-24137394
ABSTRACT
Lung cancer is currently one of the most common malignancies in the world and peritoneal involvement is rare in these types of tumors. Clinical manifestations of these metastases are also uncommon and include intestinal perforation and obstruction. The present study reviewed certain aspects of the complication of peritoneal involvement and illustrated it with four cases of patients that were diagnosed with primary lung carcinoma and secondary peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). The outcome of these patients is poor and they rarely respond to chemotherapy. Surgery is successful in the majority of cases.
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MEDLINE
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En
Journal:
Oncol Lett
Year:
2013
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Article
Affiliation country:
Spain