Primary oat cell carcinoma of the larynx.
A case of oat cell carcinoma of the epiglottis eleven years after radiotherapy to the larynx for squamous cell carcinoma of the vocal cords is presented. There is a 13.5 per cent incidence of a second neoplasm in these cases. This is a very aggressive tumour and a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and multi-drug chemotherapy appears to offer the best hope of cure. The two-year survival rate is only 8.5 per cent.
Coakley
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D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors