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  P2.24 - Poster Session 2 - Supportive Care (ID 157)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Poster Session
  • Track: Supportive Care
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/29/2013, 09:30 - 16:30, Exhibit Hall, Ground Level

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    P2.24-017 - 5 cases of long-term survival in posterior spinal fixation surgery against vertebral metastasis of lung cancer (ID 1251)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): R. Kaku
    • Abstract

    Background
    Recently, with the progress of treatment, the patients showing prolonged survival has increased in advanced lung cancer. Even though local treatments for the patients with vertebral metastasis, such as radiation therapy and/or surgery, are considered with effective, the indication of the treatment has not been determined. We report 5 cases who underwent posterior spinal fixation, they could maintain ADL(Activities of Daily Livings) well and could keep a long-term prognosis.

    Methods
    Between December 2012 and June 2004, we objectively evaluate postoperative state and prognosis of the 5 cases that underwent the posterior spinal fixation surgery for vertebral metastasis in advanced lung cancer.

    Results
    5 patients were underwent this surgery, 3 were male and 2 were female and the average age was 58.9 years. We added the surgery to remove the pressure of the spine in 3 cases, fortunately there was no spinal invasion in these 5 cases. We preformed chemoradiotherapy in 4 cases and chemotherapy alone in 1 case. EGFR mutation was positive in 2 cases. All patients were possible to ambulate in early postoperative day, and they showed improvement of neurological symptoms of paralysis. It was possible to maintain a relatively well ADL.

    Conclusion
    There may be an excessive burden to perform the surgery for the patients with vertebral metastasis in advanced lung cancer, the surgery for selecting patients may have been able to improve neurological symptoms such as paralysis. Therefore, we thought that the surgical procedure for the patients who are possible to survive long term period might have been one of the important treatment methods because of maintaining possibly their ADL well.