AUTHOR=Xu Yao , Wu Haixiao , Wang Cong , Ma Yulin , Zhang Chao 

TITLE=Case report: A balance of survival and quality of life in long-term survival case of lung adenocarcinoma with synchronous bone metastasis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.1045458

DOI=10.3389/fonc.2022.1045458

ISSN=2234-943X

ABSTRACT=<p>Bone metastasis is one of the comorbidities of advanced lung cancer, eventually leading to an impaired quality of life. We present a case of a lung adenocarcinoma patient with synchronous bone metastasis. The patient possessed a superior survival time of more than five years under multidisciplinary treatment. Considering the balance of life expectancy and limb function, the metastatic site on the right humerus was successively surgically managed. Based on the present case, we emphasized the importance of treatment choice between anti-tumor and bone management in the long-term survival of cancer patients with synchronous bone metastasis.</p>