Table 2.
Treatment and clinical course of small cell lung cancer limited stage (79 patients)
Characteristics | |
---|---|
Initial chemotherapy regimen | |
Etoposide + Cisplatin | 14 (17.7) |
Etoposide + Carboplatin | 65 (82.3) |
Thoracic radiotherapy | 67 (84.8) |
Operation | 6 (7.6) |
Sequential chemotherapy only | 4 |
Sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy | 2 |
Concurrent chemoradiation therapy | 46 (58.2) |
Chemotherapy + sequential radiation therapy | 21 (26.6) |
Prophylactic cranial irradiation | 25 (31.6) |
Median follow up days (range, interquartile range) | 535 (301-874) |
Overall death | 40 (50.6) |
Values are reported as frequency (%).