Late recurrence of basaloid carcinoma initially treated as a small cell lung cancer

J Thorac Dis. 2013 Apr;5(2):E68-70. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.03.01.

Abstract

We present a patient originally treated with definitive chemoradiation therapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) of the right lower lobe. At 8 years post-therapy tumor recurred at the site of the original lesion without evidence of distant disease and was treated with lobectomy. Pathology demonstrated the tumor was a basaloid carcinoma (BC) rather than SCLC. She is alive and well at 2 years following her resection and 10 years following her definitive chemoradiation therapy.

Keywords: Basaloid lung cancer; chemotherapy; lung cancer; small cell lung cancer.

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