Treatment options for synchronous lung and esophagus tumors: A difficult decision to make

Yasemin Büyükkarabacak

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.21233

Yasemin Büyükkarabacak¹, Mehmet Gökhan Pirzirenli¹, Selçuk Gurz¹, Ayşen Taslak¹, Yurdanur Sullu², Burçin Çelik¹, Ahmet Başoğlu¹

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Türkiye
²Department of Pathology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.21233

Synchronous lung and esophageal carcinomas are rare clinical entities. Curative resection with lymph node dissection is the most optimal treatment approach for both tumors. However, due to the high potential risk of postoperative complications, the right approach is to make a patient-specific decision via a multidisciplinary approach at all stages. In this article, we present three cases of synchronous lung and esophageal tumors treated with different approaches due to their specific circumstances and discuss their pre-, intra-, and postoperative stages.

Keywords : Esophageal cancer, lung cancer, multidisciplinary approach, synchronous

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