Oat cell carcinoma of the larynx.Response to combined modality therapy

Survival Outcomes for Combined Modality Therapy for Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma.

Objective Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Multi-institutional studies examining outcomes of combined modality treatment versus other treatment modalities have not been performed. The objective of our study was to present outcomes for multimodality therapy through use of the National Cancer Database. Study Design...

Combined modality therapy of non-small cell lung cancer.

Combined modality therapy of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer has become a widely used means of treatment with several reports of benefit found in randomized phase III trials. Progress in this area may, however, be less substantive than it appears. Phase III trials routinely take the better part of a decade to initiate, complete, and analyze, and the flood of phase II trials are larg...

Evaluation of the Primary Response of Basal Cell Carcinoma to Aminolevulinic Acid Photodynamic Therapy

Background: Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer in human beings. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a novel therapeutic method which may be regarded as a non-invasive useful alternative for traditional treatments of BCC. This study was designed with the aim of evaluating the primary response of BCC to PDT.Methods: This clinical trial was perform...

Oat-cell carcinoma of the bronchus.

Primary oat cell carcinoma of the oesophagus.

Three cases of oat cell carcinoma of the oesophagus are presented and published reports reviewed. This is mainly a disease of older age with a 3:2 predominance of men. Of all published cases, 43 (47.3%) occurred in the middle third, 41 (45.1%) in the lower third, and four (4.4%) in the upper third. In one case it was multifocal and in two the location was not stated. Dysphagia was the most comm...