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Superior sulcus (Pancoast) tumors: current evidence on diagnosis and radical treatment.
Pancoast tumors account for less than 5% of all bronchogenic carcinomas. These tumors are located in the apex of the lung and involve through tissue contiguity the apical chest wall and/or the structures of the thoracic inlet. The tumors become clinically evident with the characteristic symptoms of the "Pancoast-Tobias syndrome" which includes Claude-Bernard-Horner syndrome, severe pain in the ...
متن کاملManagement of locally advanced pancoast (superior sulcus) tumors with spine involvement.
BACKGROUND The preferred treatment for locally aggressive lung cancers is triple modality therapy with concurrent and induction chemotherapy with radiation therapy followed by surgery. Patients with locally advanced T4 Pancoast tumors with spine involvement, without mediastinal N2 lymph node involvement and without distant metastases, are appropriate candidates for complete resection with subse...
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Superior sulcus tumor refers to any primary lung cancer presenting with constant pain in the nerve distribution of the eighth cervical, first and second thoracic nerve roots and Horner's syndrome caused by invasion of the stellate ganglion. The pain is steady, severe, and unrelenting, involving the shoulder, the vertebral margin of the scapula and ulnar distribution of the arm to the elbow and ...
متن کاملManagement of a superior sulcus (pancoast) tumor.
SECOND OPINION Multidisciplinary Consultations on Challenging Cases The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine faculty holds weekly second opinion conferences focusing on cancer cases that represent most major sites of the disease. Patients seen for second opinions are evaluated by an oncologist. Their history, pathology, and radiographs are reviewed during the multidisciplinary confe...
متن کاملSurgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors: results and prognostic factors.
OBJECTIVES To study the clinical characteristics, treatment modalities, and outcome of patients with superior sulcus tumors who underwent surgery over a 15-year period. DESIGN Retrospective clinical study. METHODS Clinical records of all patients operated on for superior sulcus tumors by the same surgical team between 1988 and 2002 were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Sixty-seven patien...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Translational Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2305-5839,2305-5847
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.06.16