Open AccessRole of Radiotherapy for Local Control of Asymptomatic Adrenal Metastasis From Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Yoshiko Oshiro,
Yuichiro Takeda,
Satoshi Hirano,
Hideyuki Itô,
Takashi Akiyoshi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1537-453X
pISSN - 0277-3732
DOI - 10.1097/coc.0b013e3181dbb727
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , radiation therapy , metastasis , lung cancer , adrenalectomy , lung , survival rate , cancer , surgery , oncology , radiology , urology
Several studies have reported improved survival after adrenalectomy in patients with adrenal metastases from lung cancer. In this study, we evaluated the clinical results of radiotherapy performed for local control in patients with this disease.