Successful treatment with a combination of electrocautery using wire snares and gefitinib in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer and central airway obstruction.

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0557

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Successful treatment with a combination of electrocautery using wire snares and gefitinib in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer and central airway obstruction.

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2013

Araya Tomoyuki, Demura Yoshiki, Kasahara Kazuo, Matsuoka Hiroki, Nishitsuji Masaru, Nishi Koichi

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One-third of lung cancer patients present with life-threatening central airway obstruction (CAO). Two elderly patients were referred to our institution with symptoms caused by CAO. In each case, thoracic computed tomography and a bronchoscopic examination revealed a tumor obstructing the central airway. The tumors were resected endoscopically, and the patients' respiratory and performance status remarkably...

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