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ReviewJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2025

Combined small-cell lung cancer with adenocarcinoma: a rare case and literatures review.

Xiao Wu, Ke Fang, Wenya Huang, Gang Chen, Dingkun Wang

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Review in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xiao WuDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ke FangDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wenya HuangDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Gang ChenDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Dingkun WangDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. wdkung@163.com.

Funding

2024 Hubei Provincial Key Research and Development Program 2024BCB032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combined small-cell lung carcinoma (C-SCLC) is an uncommon lung cancer variant characterized by the presence of multiple pathological types within a single case or tumor, typically associated with poor outcomes. The high rate of misdiagnosis and low rate of accurate diagnosis for C-SCLC stem from limitations in sample collection, which primarily involves bronchoscopy and aspiration biopsy instead of surgical resection or autopsy. Moreover, standard chemotherapy for patients with C-SCLC has not yet been established. Cases of combined small-cell lung cancer with adenocarcinoma are extremely rare. Herein, we report a case of the detailed whole-process treatment of combined small-cell lung cancer with adenocarcinoma and review the literature.

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AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of LungLung NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsHumansMaleMiddle AgedCase reportCombined small-cell lung carcinomaImmunotherapyRadiotherapySmall cell lung cancer

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PMID40802096
PMCPMC12350876

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