Multidisciplinary decision on a rectal cancer patient with multiple synchronous pulmo-nary metastasis / 中国肿瘤临床

ABSTRACT

Lungs are the second most common distant metastatic organs of colorectal cancer, following the liver. However, clinical re-searches on lung metastasis are insufficient comparing with that on liver metastasis due to its low occurrence and relatively mild bio-logical behavior. This paper aims to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of rectal cancer patients with multiple synchronous lung metastases. The patient was from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medi-cine underwent multi-disciplinary diagnosis and treatment. Moreover, this article aims to discuss the related existing consensus and controversies on this issue.