China's Advanced Therapies Hospital for Cancer
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Case Study 6:
Lung Cancer Metastasized
Name: Mdm. Fung
Country: Guangdong, China. Town of Shunde.
Age: 59
Diagnosis upon Admission:
Cancer of the right lung with metastasis to L5.
Medical History:
2006 June for no obvious reason had numbness and pain in
the right leg and back pain.
Got treated at the local hospital for slipped disks in L4, 5. No
obvious improvement.
2007 July CT scan: lesion in the base of the lower lobe of the
right lung with metastasis to the right porta pulmonis and
lymph nodes in the mediastinum. Focal lesion in L5 indicated
high metabolism.
Bronchofiberscope examination.
Needle biopsy of right inferior lung conforms to papillary
adenocarcinoma.
2007 August PET/CT scan examination:
cancer of inferior right lung, metastasized to L5 and
subscapular bones.
Condition at admission:
CEA: 77.16
CA153:46.28
The rest is as before.
Treatment:
2006 August 10 I¹²⁵nuclear implantation (brachtherapy) for
right lung cancer, metastatic foci in L5 and subscapularis.
2006 August 15 start of 2 rounds of whole body
chemotherapy.
2006 October 21 One more round of Brachytherapy for the
lung cancer and L5 vertebra.
Condition after treatment:
Now living very normally.
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