Complete spontaneous remission of small cell lung cancer in the absence of specific treatment: A case report

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a unique tumor that has a distinct clinical behavior and dismal prognosis. If untreated, it can become aggressively malignant, and life expectancy could be limited to weeks. Spontaneous regression of lung cancer has rarely been reported, and among them SCLC is even r...

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Autores principales: Song, Sung Heon, Ha, Chang Won, Kim, Changhwan, Seong, Gil Myeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8487809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34415108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.14124
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description Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a unique tumor that has a distinct clinical behavior and dismal prognosis. If untreated, it can become aggressively malignant, and life expectancy could be limited to weeks. Spontaneous regression of lung cancer has rarely been reported, and among them SCLC is even rarer. The underlying mechanisms of spontaneous regression are poorly understood. Here, we report a case of complete spontaneous SCLC remission in an elderly patient.
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spelling pubmed-84878092021-10-08 Complete spontaneous remission of small cell lung cancer in the absence of specific treatment: A case report Song, Sung Heon Ha, Chang Won Kim, Changhwan Seong, Gil Myeong Thorac Cancer Case Reports Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a unique tumor that has a distinct clinical behavior and dismal prognosis. If untreated, it can become aggressively malignant, and life expectancy could be limited to weeks. Spontaneous regression of lung cancer has rarely been reported, and among them SCLC is even rarer. The underlying mechanisms of spontaneous regression are poorly understood. Here, we report a case of complete spontaneous SCLC remission in an elderly patient. John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2021-08-20 2021-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8487809/ /pubmed/34415108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.14124 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Thoracic Cancer published by China Lung Oncology Group and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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