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Adrenocortical Cancer
Studies by W. Hamanaka and co-authors describe new findings in adrenocortical cancer
April 22nd, 2008
"We experienced a very rare case of late pulmonary metastasis from ACC," scientists in Kagoshima, Japan report. "The patient was a 40-year-old woman who had undergone a left adrenectomy 12 years earlier. Instead of a large metastatic lung tumor with hemothorax and the existence of metastases in other organs, combined therapy of repeated resections for metastases and adjuvant therapy allowed for almost a 36-month survival following the first recurrence and a good quality of life," wrote W. Hamanaka and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "In addition, a blood and pathological study revealed that the tumor in this case was an...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-22)
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