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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 806-808, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Large cell carcinoma of the lung: a highly aggressive tumor with dismal prognosis

RS Downey, CW Sewell and KA Mansour
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Atlanta, Georgia.

A retrospective review was made of 96 consecutive patients with large cell carcinoma of the lung admitted to Emory University Hospital over 10 years. Only 10 patients were seen with stage I lesions favorable for resection. The remainder were treated primarily with irradiation or chemotherapy. Mean survival for clinical stage I patients was 15.9 months; stage IIIA patients, 7.9 months; stage IIIB patients, 7.1 months; and stage IV patients, 5.8 months. Only 1 patient survived for 5 years. This distinct and highly aggressive form of lung cancer most commonly is seen at an advanced stage and is associated with an unusually dismal prognosis regardless of the method of treatment employed.


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