We present a case of small cell esophageal carcinoma (SCEC) treated with alternated chemotherapy (including cisplatin, etoposide, vincristine, cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin) and irradiation (36 Gy) followed by surgery. Despite a pathological complete response, the patient died of regional disease recurrence 29 months after the diagnosis. We reviewed the available literature on SCEC with regard to the incidence, clinical symptoms, radiological signs, diagnostic workup, therapeutic modalities and prognosis of this malignancy.
Small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A case report and review of the literature / B.A. Jereczek-Fossa, M. Airoldi, E. Vasario, G. Valente, M.G. RuoRedda, R. Orecchia. - In: TUMORI. - ISSN 0300-8916. - 86:2(2000), pp. 174-177.
Small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A case report and review of the literature
B.A. Jereczek-FossaPrimo
;R. OrecchiaUltimo
2000
Abstract
We present a case of small cell esophageal carcinoma (SCEC) treated with alternated chemotherapy (including cisplatin, etoposide, vincristine, cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin) and irradiation (36 Gy) followed by surgery. Despite a pathological complete response, the patient died of regional disease recurrence 29 months after the diagnosis. We reviewed the available literature on SCEC with regard to the incidence, clinical symptoms, radiological signs, diagnostic workup, therapeutic modalities and prognosis of this malignancy.
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