2000
DOI: 10.1159/000027068
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Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Brain Metastases and Survival for More than 15 Years despite Incomplete Therapy

Abstract: Background: 20% of lung cancers are small-cell lung carcinomas. In spite of high radio- and chemosensitivity, the prognosis mostly remains bad. We describe the unusual case of a patient with small-cell lung cancer with brain metastases surviving more than 15 years despite incomplete therapy. Case Report: In 1984, a 56-year-old woman was diagnosed with oat-cell type small-cell lung cancer. At the time of diagnosis the patient presented with limited disease. Six cycles of chemotherapy with doxorubicin, cycloph… Show more

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