Surveillance and the second primary lung cancer: Enhancing our understanding beyond Martini and Melamed

Melanie P Subramanian; Varun Puri

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.062

Surveillance and the second primary lung cancer: Enhancing our understanding beyond Martini and Melamed

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Mar;157(3):1203-1204. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.062. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Authors

Melanie P Subramanian¹, Varun Puri²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo. Electronic address: varunpuri@wustl.edu.

Abstract

Central Message: CT surveillance plays an important role in identifying key features of second primary lung cancer. When detected early, patients with second primary lung cancer can have good long-term survival.

Central Figure: A) Melanie Subramanian, MD; B) Varun Puri, MD, MSCI

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

T32 HL007776/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States