Radiotherapy play an important role in nut carcinoma: a case report

Xiaoqin Liu¹, Lin Chen², Lin Zhou², Yongmei Liu^2*

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