학술논문

Long-term survival of two patients with esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma who underwent multidisciplinary therapy / 集学的治療により長期生存が得られた食道神経内分泌癌の2例
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
岡山医学会雑誌 / Okayama Igakkai Zasshi (Journal of Okayama Medical Association). 2016, 128(3):207
Subject
esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma
multidisciplinary therapy
small cell carcinoma
小細胞癌
集学的治療
食道神経内分泌腫瘍
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0030-1558
1882-4528
Abstract
Esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma (ECC) is rare and has a poor prognosis when presenting with vascular invasion and distant metastasis from an early stage. Multidisciplinary therapy with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy may prolong survival in patients with advanced ECC, but there is as yet no standard therapy for advanced ECC. We treated two patients who have achieved long-term survival (> 4 years) who underwent multidisciplinary therapy, including chemotherapy, for ECC. Our experience with these two cases suggests that multidisciplinary therapy, including chemotherapy, may be effective for treating ECC at an advanced stage.

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