Survival rates in undifferentiated small-cell carcinoma of the bronchus. A review and 2 case reports.
Patients with inoperable undifferentiated small-cell (oat cell) carcinoma of the bronchus rarely survive for long. The number of long-term survivors has always been variable and treatments given to them have differed markedly. In this article we present 2 patients who have survived for 6 1/2 years and 10 years respectively. These are the only patients surviving beyond 5 years out of 311 patients treated over a 30-year period. The literature on survival of patients with this type of carcinoma is reviewed.
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