scholarly journals The value of the bone scan and bone marrow biopsy in staging small cell lung cancer

Cancer ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Levitan ◽  
Robert E. Byrne ◽  
Richard H. Bromer ◽  
L. Jack Faling ◽  
Pamela Caslowitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow Biopsy ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Scan ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung

Bone Marrow Biopsy in the Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer

1989 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 576-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Franciosi ◽  
Giancarlo Bisagni ◽  
Guido Ceci ◽  
Corrado Boni ◽  
Vincenzo De Lisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow Biopsy ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow Involvement ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Extensive Disease ◽  
Bone Marrow Metastases

From April 1982 to December 1987, 71 patients with small cell lung cancer entered a randomized clinical trial, and underwent bone marrow biopsy (BMB) as part of staging procedures. We identified 8 patients (11 %) with bone marrow metastases, 6 with extensive disease independently of BMB, and 2 with extensive disease on the basis of the BMB only. BMB determined a change in the stage in only 3 % (2/71) of the cases. No differences were found in the hematological parameters of the patients with or without bone marrow metastases. The median survival of the patients with bone marrow involvement was the same (41 weeks) as those with extensive disease but without bone marrow involvement. We conclude that unilateral BMB without aspiration detects a substantial proportion of bone marrow metastases in patients with extensive disease. This fact does not worsen the prognosis. A small proportion of patients with apparently limited disease has bone marrow involvement. The technique therefore contributes, to a small extent, to the definition of the clinical stage of the disease. However, bone marrow involvement is an important data of natural history, and therefore new methods to better assess this peculiar site of the disease are needed.

Examination of bone marrow biopsy specimens and staging of small cell lung cancer

1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1142-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.P.M. ten Velde ◽  
B.T.M.J. Kuypers-Engelen ◽  
A. Volovicx ◽  
F.T. Bosman
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow Biopsy ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Biopsy Specimens

901 Single disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow and PBSC in patients with small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 229-230
Author(s):  
U. Seifart ◽  
S. Henrich ◽  
G. Jaques ◽  
C. Loechelt ◽  
A. Wachtel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Disseminated Tumor Cells ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung
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