Hodgkin's disease terminating in oat cell carcinoma of the lung

Cancer. 1979 Apr;43(4):1507-12. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197904)43:4<1507::aid-cncr2820430443>3.0.co;2-i.

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman with Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerasing type, having received two courses of radiation therapy with one year and nine months interval and a prolonged course of chemotherapy with combinations of COPP, MOPP and CVPP, developed oat cell carcinoma of the lung, four years after the initial diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alkylating Agents / adverse effects
  • Alkylating Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / chemically induced
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications*
  • Hodgkin Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / chemically induced
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*

Substances

  • Alkylating Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents