Author/Authors :
A. Nagarajan, Aswin Department of Radiation Oncology - Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India , Selvaluxmy, Ganesharajah Department of Radiation Oncology - Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India , Ravichandar, Ramya Department of Pharmacology - Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India , Sundersingh, Shirley Department of Pathology - Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India
Abstract :
The patients with multiple malignancies are difficult to diagnose as one malignancy
may be indolent and usually diagnosed as an incidental finding, while proceeding
with staging work-up for the other malignancy. Treating such patients is even more
difficult due to the issues related to sequencing the treatment for each of them. We
report a case study where a patient was diagnosed with dual malignancies (Hodgkin’s
lymphoma and adenocarcinoma lung) and was treated for both malignancies sequentially.
The patient had five years of disease-free survival and was kept under follow-up. He
was diagnosed with metachronous malignancy, squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus,
and underwent treatment for the same condition.
Keywords :
Hodgkin’s lymphoma , Adenocarcinoma , Squamous cell carcinoma , Disease- free survival , Case report