TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2016 , Vol 31 , Num 2
Medical Treatment with Two Targeted Therapies for an Oncology Patient with Double Primary Cancer: Case Report
Esat NAMAL,1 Özgül PAMUKÇU CERCİZ,2 Emel GÖKMEN3
1Department of Medical Oncology, İstanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Turkey
2Department of Internal Medicine, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey
3Department of Internal Medicine, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey
While multiple primary tumors are rarely reported in literature, we expect that it will be seen more often in the future as a result of improvements in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Molecular targeted therapies are promising modalities that are now used more commonly. Presently described is oncological response for a 70-year-old women with multiple primary cancers - breast and lung - in which 2 targeted therapies were administered. While there is currently no standard therapy in the literature for multiple primary cancers, it is the authors' suggestion that targeted therapies may be a promising choice for these cases. Keywords : Invasive ductal carcinoma; lung adenocarcinoma; multiple primary cancer; targeted therapies