Radiotherapy play an important role in nut carcinoma: a case report
Xiaoqin Liu1, Lin Chen2, Lin
Zhou2, Yongmei Liu2*
1First
People’s Hospital of Jintang County, 886 Jinguang Road, Zhaozhen Town,
Jintang County, Sichuan Province, china.
2West
China Hospital, Sichuan University 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu City, Sichuan
Province, China
Correspondence to : West China Hospital, Sichuan University 37
Guoxue Lane, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China. Email:
lymi75@163.com
Abstract : NUT carcinoma feature as the rearrangement of the
nuclear protein in testis (NUT) gene on chromosome 15q14, and its
clinical feature as rare, high lethal, and fast development, easy
misdiagnose, and no effective therapy, and have a depressed prognosis.
We summary clinical features of a real lung nut carcinoma case in the
department of thoracic oncology, West China Hospital of Sichuan
university, include radiation sensitive, chemotherapy and immunotherapy
unsensitive, and fast progressed. We explore the best strategy about the
pulmonary nut carcinoma by analyze our case and retrospective study a
lots of others case reports clinical features and therapies.
Key words: Pulmonary NUT carcinoma; Radiotherapy; chemotherapy