title: Hypopharyngeal small cell carcinoma: a case report.
abstract: We report a 67-year-old woman with small cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, a very rare entity with few reports. Our treatment consisted of carboplatin (CBDCA) and etoposide (VP-16) in the same way as small cell carcinoma of the lung is treated. This achieved a complete response. Our case suggests that chemotherapy with carboplatin and etoposide is effective for small cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. gakutaikyo@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010784:Photomicrography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D016190:Carboplatin