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Adenocarcinoma
New adenocarcinoma research reported from University of Turin
June 10th, 2008
According to recent research from Turin, Italy, "We report the case of a 25-year-old woman with a chance detection at x-ray of a well-defined mass in the right upper lobe during a medical examination. The patient suffered from a modest flu syndrome, with cough and fever." "She was a current smoker. CT scan showed a homogeneous well-defined perihilar mass without calcifications, located in the right upper lobe and fully surrounded by aerated parenchyma. A right upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node sampling was performed. A pathologic diagnosis of well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung was made and staged as T2N0," wrote M. Longo and colleagues,...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-10)
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