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Gaceta mexicana de oncología
On-line version ISSN 2565-005XPrint version ISSN 1665-9201
Abstract
REYES-VELAZQUEZ, Edgar A. and ARRIETA-RODRIGUEZ, Oscar G.. Metachronous lung cancer in a patient with kidney cancer history that required bronchial stent placement. Case report and literature review. Gac. mex. oncol. [online]. 2022, vol.21, suppl.1, pp.109-114. Epub Sep 11, 2023. ISSN 2565-005X. https://doi.org/10.24875/j.gamo.20000090.
The appearance of a multiple primary malignant neoplasms is more frequent in elderly patients. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide; the frequency of synchronous and metachronous lung cancers has increased in recent years due to advances in early detection techniques. Multiple malignancies can be classified as synchronous or metachronous according to the time of onset in relation to the first malignancy: synchronous those that appear in the first six months and metachronous those that appear after six months.
Keywords : Lung cancer; Kidney cancer; Synchronous; Metachronous.