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- Case Report -
A Case of Squamous Cell Lung Cancer That Developed 15 Years After Surgical Resection for Small Cell Lung Cancer
Takashi Shibusa1, Kikuo Onuma1, Mitsunori Higuchi2, Kenichi Misa31Division of Respiratory Disease, 2Division of Thoracic Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Japan, 3Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
Background. We report a case of squamous cell lung cancer that developed 15 years after surgical resection and chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Case. An 80-year-old man who had undergone resection and cisplatin, etoposide and doxorubicin chemotherapy on a diagnosis of SCLC 15 years previously at the age of 66, visited our hospital. He complained of wheeze and dyspnea. He was given a diagnosis of squamous cell lung cancer and treated with radiotherapy which improved his symptoms, and he showed response. Conclusion. Patients with stage I SCLC may have a good outcome when treated with a combination of surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. Careful observation is necessary for patients with long-term survival of SCLC to detect double cancer.
key words: Small cell lung cancer, Squamous cell lung cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Double cancer
Received: June 22, 2009
Accepted: January 29, 2010
JJLC 50 (2): 166-171, 2010
