Massive cavitation of solid pulmonary metastatic lesions in a breast cancer patient: a case report.

نویسندگان

  • W Mermershtain
  • H Schulman
  • Y Hertzanu
  • Y Cohen
چکیده

A 40-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer developed multiple lung nodules some of them with cavitations. Following treatment with Taxol/Herceptin most of the lesions disappeared and in many cavity lesions appeared. There was no further change in the appearance of lung lesions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

دوره 13 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002