Case study 1: Chemotherapy in lung cancer

A 57-year-old man with a 30 pack-year smoking history presented to his GP with non-specific chest pain

A chest radiograph revealed a right upper lobe coin lesion (see Figure 1). The patient was referred urgently to the rapid access lung clinic (RALC).

At the...

Case study 1

A 58-year-old woman with a history of neurofibromatosis was referred to the rapid access lung clinic with persistent cough, weight loss and clubbing

CT thorax confirmed a 5.1cm mass in the left upper lobe (see Figure 1), with invasion of the mediastinum and a second 3.7cm mass in the left...