Management of patients with concomitant lung cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysm

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.07.011 Byline: Raphael Blochle (a), Purandath Lall (a)(b), Gregory S. Cherr (a), Linda M. Harris (a), Maciej L. Dryjski (a), Hwei-Kang Hsu (b), Hasan H. Dosluoglu (a)(b) Keywords: Lung cancer; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Concomitant malignancy; Surgery Abstract: Management of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and malignancy is challenging. We aimed to define the coincidence of AAA and lung cancer and to determine a treatment strategy. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY 14215, USA (b) Department of Surgery, VA Western NY Healthcare System, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Article History: Received 21 May 2008; Revised 2 July 2008