title: Clinical biology of small cell carcinoma: relationship to surgical therapy.
abstract: No prognostic factors could be identified that influence survival in patients with small cell carcinoma undergoing traditional therapy. These findings identified small cell carcinoma (1) as a distinct disease entity with reference to non-small cell carcinoma, (2) as a nonsurgical disease, and (3) as a disease demanding systemic treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors