1.Recurrence of Neuroendocrine Small Cell Carcinoma During Postoperative Chemotherapy in a Patient Who Received Radiation Therapy Successfully
Shoko KOZAKI ; Yuko OTANI ; Teruko MIZUNO ; Sho TAKESHITA ; Yasushi MATSUKAWA ; Naomi KIMURA ; Haruki SASSA ; Kazuhiro HIGUCHI ; Masahiro IKEUCHI ; Ryuichi FUKUYAMA
Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2014;62(5):768-772
Neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma is very rare in comparison with carcinoma of the cervix. In addition, it causes quite often metastasizes and has high recurrence rates. Furthermore, the mortality rate is high even among patients with early stage disease treated with common chemotherapy. We described a recurrent case of neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma, in which radiation therapy was delivered successfully but the disease relapsed during postoperative chemotherapy.
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