Spontaneous 19‐year regression of oat cell carcinoma with scalene node metastasis

This is the first case report of a patient with oat cell carcinoma of the lung with scalene node metastasis who, without treatment, is alive 19 years after the original diagnosis was made by biopsy. Seven years before the publication of this report, and at the age of 66 years, he underwent coronary...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer 1986-08, Vol.58 (4), p.978-980
Hauptverfasser:	Lowy, Alexander D., Erickson, E. Ralph
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Small Cell - diagnostic imaging Carcinoma, Small Cell - pathology Humans Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Lung Neoplasms - pathology Lymphatic Metastasis Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology Radiography Time Factors Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Zusammenfassung:	This is the first case report of a patient with oat cell carcinoma of the lung with scalene node metastasis who, without treatment, is alive 19 years after the original diagnosis was made by biopsy. Seven years before the publication of this report, and at the age of 66 years, he underwent coronary bypass surgery and there was no gross evidence of malignancy present.
ISSN:	0008-543X 1097-0142
DOI:	10.1002/1097-0142(19860815)58:4<978::AID-CNCR2820580430>3.0.CO;2-G