Small cell lung cancer with a brain metastasis controlled for 5 years: A case report

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 116-118

  Imai, Reiko ^a   Hayakawa, Kazushige ^a   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^a   Nakayama, Yuko ^a   Mitsuhashi, Norio ^a   Niibe, Hideo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Radiotherapy; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; ETOPOSIDE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHUS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035027861     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hye024     Document Type: Article

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