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Morphological and genetic heterogeneity in multifocal lung adenocarcinoma: The case of a never-smoker woman.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2016
Bonanno Laura, Calabrese Fiorella, Nardo Giorgia, Calistri Daniele, Tebaldi Michela, Tedaldi Gianluca, Polo Valentina, Vuljan Stefania, Favaretto Adolfo, Conte PierFranco, Amadori Alberto, Rea Federico, Indraccolo Stefano
Abstract excerpt
Discrimination of multifocal primary lung cancers from lung metastases is crucial to allow for an appropriate clinical management. We report here a case of multifocal lung adenocarcinomas with different morphological and molecular patterns. Radical surgery of one lung nodule was performed at the time of diagnosis, and subsequently on two other lung nodules. At the time of distant relapse, biopsy was repeated for...
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