Advances in diagnosis and management of primary esophageal small cell carcinoma
10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.20140726
- VernacularTitle:原发性食管小细胞癌的诊疗进展
- Author:
Wei SHEN
;
Wenying DENG
;
Ning LI
;
Suxia LUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
small cell carcinoma;
esophageal cancer;
surgery;
radiotherapy;
chemotherapy;
targeted therapy;
prognosis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2014;(20):1337-1341
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Primary esophageal small cell carcinoma (PESCC) is a rare disease first described by McKeown in 1952. PESCC is characterized by high malignancy, distant metastasis, and poor prognosis. The incidence of PESCC has significantly increased world-wide in recent years. However, practice guidelines that concern the histological origin, clinical diagnosis methods, therapies, and prog-nosis of PESCC are still not well established because of the paucity of cases and lack of large prospective randomized research. This ar-ticle aims to outline recent advances in the clinical and therapeutic aspects of PESCC as well as review the different opinions concerned to better understand PESCC and solve clinical problems.
