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Lung cancer is the most common cause of death from neoplasms in Korea. Since the pathologic diagnosis is very important to determine the optimal treatment protocol of the patients, not...
Many clinical trials of molecular target drugs have been done against advanced lung cancer, however, majority did not meet the primary endpoint. Positive studies of EGFR-TKI such as BR21 and...
Radiation therapy is one of most important therapeutic modalities for thoracic malignancies. However, radiation-induced lung damage, such as radiation pneumonitis or fibrosis, is a main dose-limiting factor when irradiating the...
A 66-year-old man with recurrent esophageal cancer was admitted to our health care facility for evaluation of resting dyspnea. He had undergone an esophagectomy with cervical esophagogastrostomy in May 2007...
PURPOSE : To determine the etiology of distant metastasis that was a major factor in the death of a patient with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recent studies...
PURPOSE : In a recent study of Wilms' tumors, a new X chromosome gene, Wilms' tumor gene on the X chromosome (WTX), was discovered that was found to harbor small...
May-Thurner syndrome is deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the iliofemoral vein due to compression of the left common iliac vein (CIV) by the overlying right common iliac artery (CIA). In...
We report a rare case of a primary mediastinal synovial sarcoma. A 44-year-old man had a well-defined tumor in the left posterior mediastinum involving the left lower lobe of the...