Long-term Survival in a Patient with Pulmonary Spindle Cell Carcinoma Treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Sep 10

PMID 30196260

Citations 5

Authors

Wenyuan Li

Maoyan Chen

Yuanhong Zhao

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Abstract

Spindle cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare pulmonary malignancy, accounting for only 0.2%-0.3% of all lung cancers. Therefore, the prognosis and treatment of pulmonary SCC is unclear. There are only 13 reported cases in literature, only three of which had a survival of more than 11 months. Here we reported a long-term survival of a patient with pulmonary SCC who underwent treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. At the most recent follow-up in July 2018, her survival after diagnosis is 48 months and she continues to do well. To our knowledge, this is the longest survival of late stage SCC with the largest tumour burden.

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