Cáncer microcítico de pulmón
- Navarro Expósito, Fátima
- López González, José Luis
- Molina Villaverde, Raquel
- Álvarez de Mon Soto, Melchor
ISSN: 0304-5412
Ano de publicación: 2013
Título do exemplar: Enfermedades oncológicas (I): cáncer de pulmón y torácico, cabeza y cuello, sistema nervioso central
Serie: 11
Número: 24
Páxinas: 1441-1446
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado
Resumo
Small cell lung cancer is a rapid growing neoplasm with good initial response to chemotherapy treatment. However, the response is generally short-lived. In limited stage, the treatment of choice is a combination of cisplatin and etoposide, together with radiotherapy concomitantly. Response rate is high and a significant percentage of long survivals can be achieved. However, in disseminated stage, and despite the chemotherapy, global survival is very short, the patients hardly surviving more than 2 years. In spite of the development of many new drugs in Oncology, few of them have been promising in this cancer.