Spontaneous remission of small cell lung cancer: A case report and review in the literature

Lung Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-252

  Horino, Taro ^a,b   Takao, Toshihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Michiya ^b   Geshi, Takamaro ^b   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Geshi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paraneoplastic sensory neuronopathy (PSN); Small cell lung cancer (SCLC); Spontaneous remission (SR)

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TRUNK; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745584052     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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