Use of microwave ablation in the treatment of patients with multiple primary malignant tumors

Thorac Cancer. 2017 Jul;8(4):365-371. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.12445. Epub 2017 May 31.

Abstract

A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in 2007, complaining of an irritating cough. Computed tomography examination demonstrated a mass in the right lung and enlargement of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes. Small cell lung cancer was confirmed by pathological examination after fibro-bronchoscope biopsy. The patient was treated with received sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Preventive radiotherapy of the whole brain was performed after complete remission of the lung disease. Seven years after diagnosis, follow-up computed tomography revealed masses in both the liver and kidney. Subsequent percutaneous biopsy confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma in the liver and renal clear cell carcinoma in the kidney. The patient received microwave ablation for the treatment of both liver and renal tumors, and is doing well with no recurrence after two years of follow-up.

Keywords: Long-term survival; microwave ablation; multiple primary malignant tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Treatment Outcome