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Neurologic disorders in patients with small cell lung cancer

Abstract

In a series of 641 patients with small cell lung cancer, 189 (29.5%) had at least one neurologic disorder either at the time of presentation or during the subsequent clinical course of the cancer. The total number of neurologic disorders was 210, which included brain metastases (75.7%), meningeal carcinomatosis (6.7%), intramedullary metastases (2.4%), epidural metastases (11.0%), hyponatremia producing CNS symptoms (3.3%), and Eaton-Lambert …

Authors

Sculier J; Feld R; Evans WK; Deboer G; Shepherd FA; Payne DG; Pringle JF; Yeoh J; Quirt IC; Curtis JE

Journal

Cancer, Vol. 60, No. 9, pp. 2275–2283

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

November 1, 1987

DOI

10.1002/1097-0142(19871101)60:9<2275::aid-cncr2820600929>3.0.co;2-3

ISSN

1097-0142