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Bone marrow aplasia is a medullar failure (myelosuppression) that can be global, involving the three haematopoietic lineages — myeloid, erythroid and thrombocytic, or partial, leading to dissociated medullar insufficiencies: anaemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Myelosuppression is one of the most common complications in cancer patients, predisposing them to infections and haemorrhage, both leading...
The occurrence of an abnormal thoracic imaging suggestive of lung cancer requires a histological diagnosis to confirm the presence of neoplastic disease, and a search for locoregional and metastatic spread to determine the optimal treatment strategy and prognosis. Despite a different therapeutic approach, the work-up is basically the same in terms of staging as that for nonsmall- cell and small-cell...
There is no consensual definition for advanced disease concerning non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Advanced disease is often considered to be disease that is no longer treatable by local thoracic therapy, radiotherapy or surgery. It includes not only metastatic disease (stage IV), but also some stage III presentations, such as those with pleural or pericardial effusions (stage IIIB) or those where...
Résumé Le patient cancéreux peut présenter des complications très diverses liées à son traitement. Ce chapitre, axé sur l’urgence, aura pour objet de mettre en évidence les plus importantes ou les plus spécifiques d’entre elles (à l’exception de celles couvertes ailleurs dans ce livre), le lecteur étant invité à se référer au site web en accès libre www.oncorea.com pour des informations complémentaires,...
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