Eight Central Type Early Lung Cancer Cases

Early detection of central lung cancer: are we there yet?

Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and X-rays have been very disappointing in the detection and diagnosis of central (airways/endobronchial) lesions. Bronchoscopy with direct visualization and other supportive technologies has been the primary tool for the detection and surveillance of endobronchial precancerous and cancerous lesions. Early detection of lung cancer allo...

Radical perineal prostatectomy for early cancer; follow-up study of one hundred eight personal cases.

The course of patients who underwent radical operations for prostatic carcinoma was followed for at least 10 years in 108 cases. In this series there was no operative mortality, but the operation is not free from danger, and there were 10 cases of lasting post\x=req-\ operative incontinence. Of 15 patients who underwent radical perineal prostatectomy before 1947, 7 were living and well 10 years...

Eight cases of bladder cancer in pioglitazone users from India.

An eight-year study of the thyroid cancer cases treated in Tehran Cancer Institute’s radiation-oncology Department [Persian]

A retrospective study was undertaken to examine the thyroid cancer cases referred for external radiotherapy to our department during the period of 1991-99. Within this period, a total of 33 patients had been treated by irradiation for thyroid cancer or its metastases and these cases were evaluated for age, sex, pathology and type of surgery. The reason of patients’ referral for external r...

A case of long-term survival with stage IV small cell lung cancer and early-stage central-type squamous cell lung cancer treated by photodynamic therapy.

The present report is on a 67-year-old man with stage IV small cell lung cancer and early-stage centrally located squamous cell cancer of the lung. He was diagnosed as small cell lung cancer with multiple metastasis to the ipsilateral lung and was found to have a central-type early-stage squamous cell cancer by bronchoscope. After obtaining a complete response to the small cell lung cancer with...