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Primary advanced pulmonary synovial sarcoma treated with a multidisciplinary approach

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A 61-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to right chest pain. A huge, 13-cm-diameter tumor was detected in the right lower lobe. For diagnostic and treatment purposes, pneumonectomy was performed, and the tumor was diagnosed as advanced pulmonary synovial sarcoma (SS) with pleural metastasis, according to immunohistochemistry analysis. Due to recurrence with brain metastases, treatment sequence composed of radiosurgery, doxorubicin, eribulin, and pazopanib was selected. The patient died after a considerably long survival of 29 months after the first visit. This case suggests that multimodal treatment may provide prolonged survival even for patients with advanced SS.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to appreciate Dr. Kei Kushitani (Research Associate of Department of Pathology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University), and Dr. Mayumi Kaneko (Director of Department of Pathology, Hiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital) for them expertise regarding the pathological sarcoma diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital, 2-1-1 Kabe-Minami, Asa-kita-ku, Hiroshima, 731-0293, Japan

    Yosuke Kagawa, Soichi Kitaguchi, Hanae Konishi, Kaori Hashimoto, Osaki Norihito, Tadashi Mizumoto, Ryohei Nishino & Fumihiro Sugahara

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Kagawa, Y., Kitaguchi, S., Konishi, H. et al. Primary advanced pulmonary synovial sarcoma treated with a multidisciplinary approach. Int Canc Conf J 9, 72–76 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13691-020-00399-2

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