Major pulmonary resections are rarely performed in non-small cell lung cancer patients
on hemodialysis. To date only two cases of pneumonectomy performed in such patients
are reported in the literature. Moreover, chemotherapy, as a treatment for advanced
non-small cell lung cancer, is not routinely administered to patients with end-stage
renal disease requiring hemodialysis. We present the case of a stage IIIB non-small
cell lung cancer patient on hemodialysis who successfully underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy
followed by pneumonectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of non-small cell
lung cancer patient on hemodialysis reported in the literature who successfully underwent
this type of combined therapy.
Non-small cell lung cancer - hemodialyis - neoadjuvant chemotherapy - surgery - pneumonectomy
