Small Cell Carcinoma of the Tonsil Treated with Irinotecan and Cisplatin: A Case Report and Literature Review

We report a rare case of extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma arising in the palatine tonsil treated by combined chemotherapy with irinotecan/cisplatin following irradiation therapy. This chemotherapy regimen was recently found to be effective for small cell lung carcinoma. Our case is the first repo...

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Autores principales: Segawa, Yuichi, Nakashima, Torahiko, Shiratsuchi, Hideki, Tanaka, Risa, Mitsugi, Kenji, Komune, Shizuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: December, 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22220155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000335218
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Sumario:We report a rare case of extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma arising in the palatine tonsil treated by combined chemotherapy with irinotecan/cisplatin following irradiation therapy. This chemotherapy regimen was recently found to be effective for small cell lung carcinoma. Our case is the first report of combined irinotecan/cisplatin chemotherapy to treat extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma of the oropharynx.

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