Case study 1

A 40-year-old woman presented to the symptomatic breast clinic with a self-detected breast lump

Her medical history included obesity and depression. She was not on regular medications and had no allergies. She was working in a high level and stressful job, drank 10 units of alcohol a week...

Case study 1

An 81-year-old woman with a history of lower limb melanoma

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...