Adrenocortical Carcinoma Treated by CyberKnife.

Intern Med

Department of Internal Medicine, Shin-yurigaoka General Hospital, Japan.

Published: March 2017

Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. The effective treatment for advanced cancer remains unknown. A 61-year-old woman underwent CyberKnife treatment on a large adrenocortical carcinoma and tumor emboli in both pulmonary arteries. Follow-up positron emission tomography scanning with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) revealed that the FDG uptake was greatly decreased in all the tumors, and the hormone levels were also decreased. CyberKnife is a safe and effective treatment option for the non-operative large advanced adrenocortical carcinoma.

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