Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2003 Nov;36(11):866-869.
Surgical Treatment of Synchronous Double Cancer of the Lung and Esophagus: A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. pittz@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, College fo Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- Less than 2% of patients with primary esophageal cancers have synchronous primary lung cancers and many patients with these synchronous tumors are deemed ineligible for radical resection by surgeons due to the poor prognoses of both the diseases. However, we believe that carefully selected patients could benefit from one stage curative resection for these synchronous tumors. We experienced a case of synchronous double cancer of the lung and esophagus and performed bilobectomy and Ivor Lewis operation simultaneously. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the good result of one stage curative resection for these synchronous serious tumors in Korea.
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