Small Cell Lung Cancer Doubling Time and its Effect on Clinical Presentation: A Concise Review

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of many types rapidly growing malignant diseases, such as Burkitt’s lymphoma and testicular germ cell cancers. At present, there is no reliable way to screen for SCLC, and imaging modalities tend to be delayed in detecting this type of cancer. The clinical presen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Harris, Kassem, Khachaturova, Inga, Azab, Basem, Maniatis, Theodore, Murukutla, Srujitha, Chalhoub, Michel, Hatoum, Hassan, Kilkenny, Thomas, Elsayegh, Dany, Maroun, Rabih, Alkaied, Homam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2012
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22619563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S9633
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Sumario:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of many types rapidly growing malignant diseases, such as Burkitt’s lymphoma and testicular germ cell cancers. At present, there is no reliable way to screen for SCLC, and imaging modalities tend to be delayed in detecting this type of cancer. The clinical presentation of acutely and rapidly growing SCLC can mimic those of pulmonary inflammatory or infectious disorders, and in some instances, this delays appropriate management and negatively affects patient outcome.

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