Ten years of disease-free survival between two diagnoses of small-cell lung cancer: A case report and a literature review

Medical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Al Ajam, M ^a,b   Seymour, A ^a   Mooty, M ^a   Leaf, A ^c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c NYHHCS Brooklyn Campus ^*

Author keywords

Case reports; Long term survivors; Lung neoplasm; Recurrence; Second primary tumor; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC MARKER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18444397209     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/mo:22:1:089     Document Type: Review

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