Despite case reports and small case series on lung transplantationfor
multifocal BAC, the role of lung transplantation
in the treatment of patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and
end-stage lung disease remains unknown.7-10 We therefore
conducted an international survey to determine the outcome
of patients presenting with bronchogenic carcinoma in the
explanted lung at the time of transplantation. The goal of this
study was to assess the world experience and to determine
whether lung transplantation might have a role in the treatment
of selected patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and
end-stage lung disease. For a case to be included in the
study, bronchogenic carcinoma had to be either incidentally
discovered in the explanted lung at the time of
transplantation or be known before the transplantation
procedure, but in all cases, the tumor had to be completely
removed at the time of transplantation.