Arriving at the Right Diagnosis in an Era of Precision Medicine
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Published:2016-06-27
Issue:2
Volume:9
Page:351-357
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ISSN:1662-6575
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Container-title:Case Reports in Oncology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Case Rep Oncol
Author:
Pulido Vina,Lee Shin Yin,Ko Naomi Yu
Abstract
In the era of precision medicine and targeted therapy, diagnostic inaccuracy can have tremendous ramifications. We present the case of a 61-year-old man initially diagnosed with small cell lung cancer by pathology. Prior to initiating chemotherapy, multidisciplinary discussions led to an amendment of the diagnosis to medullary thyroid cancer.