Introduction

Lung cancer remains among the commonest form of cancer in both males and females in Ireland with over 2,500 new cases each year. Unfortunately, a large portion of patients present with inoperable advanced disease and in patients with curable lung cancer – even after surgery, radiotherapy and...

Case study 1

A 62-year-old woman was recalled by the BreastCheck screening programme due to a suspicious 0.9cm abnormality in her right breast on a screening mammogram

This abnormality was not palpable on clinical examination. She had a background history of hypertension only. She had no family history...

Case study 1: Chemotherapy in lung cancer

A 57-year-old man with a 30 pack-year smoking history presented to his GP with non-specific chest pain

A chest radiograph revealed a right upper lobe coin lesion (see Figure 1). The patient was referred urgently to the rapid access lung clinic (RALC).

At the...

Case study 1

A 49-year-old man presented with weight loss, back pain and frank haematuria. Liver function tests were also deranged

The patient had no previous medical history when he presented to the emergency department with a three-month history of weight loss, abdominal and back pain. He also...

Case study 1: Management of myeloma in a young person

A 32-year-old woman with a history of Gaucher’s disease presents with back pain

An MRI spine shows vertebral insufficiency fractures at T10 and L4 and widespread lytic lesions, and a bone marrow aspirate shows 39% plasma cells. Her paraprotein level...