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Long-term clinical remission following radiotherapy in tracheal adenocarcinoma: Review of the published work
- Source :
- Australasian Radiology. 51:485-488
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2007.
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Abstract
- A 55-year-old man with tracheal adenocarcinoma presented with difficulty in breathing and cough with blood-tinged expectoration. As the patient refused surgery, he was treated with definitive radiotherapy to the neck and superior mediastinum to a total dose of 50 Gy (initially 40 Gy by AP/PA portals followed by 10 Gy with a three-field technique). He showed significant symptomatic relief to radiotherapy and defaulted from further treatment. He remained asymptomatic for 7 years, following which he developed sternal metastases and a local tumour recurrence. This case illustrates that long-term clinical remission can be achieved by radiotherapy alone in this rare histological subtype of tracheal carcinoma.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Superior mediastinum
medicine.medical_treatment
Tracheal Carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma
Asymptomatic
Humans
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Neoplasm Metastasis
Definitive radiotherapy
business.industry
Remission Induction
Radiotherapy Dosage
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Symptomatic relief
Surgery
Radiation therapy
Total dose
Tracheal Neoplasms
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14401673 and 00048461
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australasian Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6743a3f047758fd6f7af23fb60f2a0f2