EFFICACY OF GEFINITIB IN LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA: REPORT OF TWO FEMALE CASES

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One patient was an 83-year-old woman who consulted for coughing, expectoration and pyrexia. She was diagnosed as having bilateral pneumonia and lung cancer involving the middle lobe. After antibiotic treatment she was subjected to radiotherapy. One year later, chest CT disclosed multiple pulmonary metastases, and she received oral gefinitib. The drug was administered daily at the start, but due to serious adverse reactions it was then administered every third day. Pulmonary metastases disappeared after one month of treatment. The other patient was a 74-year-old woman who was hospitalized due to right pleural effusion. She was diagnosed as having lung cancer involving the right lower lobe and carcinomatous pleurisy. We performed a pleurodesis after drainage. Four months later, the patient was hospitalized again for difficult breathing due to left pleural effusion and lymphangitis carcinomatosis. After treatment with gefinitib, the dyspnea was immediately alleviated.
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