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Appearance of small cell anaplastic carcinoma of the lung in two patients apparently cured of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Author(s) -
Polackwich Robert J.,
Byer Stuart,
Browarski Irwin
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19821001)50:7<1416::aid-cncr2820500729>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - medicine , anaplastic carcinoma , thoracotomy , large cell , lung , stage (stratigraphy) , squamous cell carcinoma of the lung , basal cell , chemotherapy , lung cancer , carcinoma , small cell carcinoma , oncology , cell , radiation therapy , pathology , cancer , surgery , adenocarcinoma , genetics , paleontology , biology
Abstract Two patients with Stage I (T1‐2N0M0) squamous cell bronchogenic carcinoma, diagnosed and staged at thoracotomy, survived five years and eight years, respectively, before the development of small cell, oat cell anaplastic lung cancer. Both patients are alive and clinically stable on combination chemotherapy five and 14 months, respectively, after diagnosis of small cell lung cancer.