title: Two cases of primary small cell carcinoma of the stomach.
abstract: We report 2 cases of small cell carcinoma (SmCC) of the stomach with distant metastasis that were treated with the same chemotherapeutic regimens as used to treat small cell lung cancer. Although the mean survival of patients with SmCC of the stomach is reported to be only 7 months, our patients survived for 15 and 14 months, respectively. In our experience, these chemotherapeutic regimens might provide a survival benefit for patients with SmCC of the stomach, although they demonstrated no remarkable antitumor effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. iwamuro@mc.neweb.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwamuro
authors.forename: Shouichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate