Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum

Sternal tumors are very rare and challenging. Secondary sternal tumors are more common than primary tumors. These tumors are usually refractory to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and surgery is the best choice for their treatment. In this study, we reported the collected data of 15 patients with prim...

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Main Authors: Seyyed Hossein Fattahi Masoom, Yousef Yousefi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
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Online Access:http://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_15083_4ffa6925f3b1661c3b8bc164ad85d1a8.pdf
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description Sternal tumors are very rare and challenging. Secondary sternal tumors are more common than primary tumors. These tumors are usually refractory to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and surgery is the best choice for their treatment. In this study, we reported the collected data of 15 patients with primary and secondary tumors of the sternum, histological type, as well as kind of resection and reconstruction. Out of 15 subjects, 13 and 2 cases had primary tumors and sternal metastases, respectively
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spelling doaj.art-a2ad7af7afae477db3ff1f50599dc0892022-12-22T01:44:32ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesJournal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine2345-24472322-57502020-03-018158458710.22038/jctm.2020.45930.125815083Primary and Secondary Tumors of the SternumSeyyed Hossein Fattahi Masoom0Yousef Yousefi1Thoracic Surgeon, Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranFellowship of Thoracic Surgery, Lung Diseases Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranSternal tumors are very rare and challenging. Secondary sternal tumors are more common than primary tumors. These tumors are usually refractory to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and surgery is the best choice for their treatment. In this study, we reported the collected data of 15 patients with primary and secondary tumors of the sternum, histological type, as well as kind of resection and reconstruction. Out of 15 subjects, 13 and 2 cases had primary tumors and sternal metastases, respectivelyhttp://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_15083_4ffa6925f3b1661c3b8bc164ad85d1a8.pdfsternal metastasissternal tumorresectionreconstruction
spellingShingle Seyyed Hossein Fattahi Masoom
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Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
sternal metastasis
sternal tumor
resection
reconstruction
title Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum
title_full Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum
title_fullStr Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum
title_full_unstemmed Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum
title_short Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum
title_sort primary and secondary tumors of the sternum
topic sternal metastasis
sternal tumor
resection
reconstruction
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