Primary Lung Cancer Presenting with Gastrointestinal Tract Involvement: Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemical Features in a Series of 18 Consecutive Cases
Primary Lung Cancer Presenting with Gastrointestinal Tract Involvement: Clinicopathologic...
Barbieri, Fausto
2007-02-01 00:00:00
Lung cancer presenting as GI-tract metastasis is probably more frequent than expected, and pathologists should always keep in mind this possibility when dealing with undifferentiated GI carcinoma. Immunostaining with TTF-1, CDX2, CK7, and CK20 is helpful in highlighting lung primary. Although GI metastasis from lung cancer is associated with dismal outcomes, pulmonary resection coupled with chemotherapy might represent a therapeutic option in selected patients with a solitary GI-tract metastasis.
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Primary Lung Cancer Presenting with Gastrointestinal Tract Involvement: Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemical Features in a Series of 18 Consecutive Cases
Lung cancer presenting as GI-tract metastasis is probably more frequent than expected, and pathologists should always keep in mind this possibility when dealing with undifferentiated GI carcinoma. Immunostaining with TTF-1, CDX2, CK7, and CK20 is helpful in highlighting lung primary. Although GI metastasis from lung cancer is associated with dismal outcomes, pulmonary resection coupled with chemotherapy might represent a therapeutic option in selected patients with a solitary GI-tract metastasis.
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Journal of Thoracic Oncology
– Wolters Kluwer Health
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