Small Cell Lung Cancer

Question 1

What are the different types of small cell and characterize them?

Answer 1

There is pure small cell lung cancer and then there is combined histology small cell lung cancer. Combined histology small cell lung cancer also has characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer.

Question 2

Where are they typically located?

Answer 2

Centrally

Question 3

What syndromes are small cell typically associated with?

Answer 3

Paraneoplastic syndromes

Question 4

How rapid is their clinical course compared to NSCLC?

Answer 4

Typically more rapid clinical course

Question 5

How responsive is small cell lung cancer compared to nonsmall cell lung cancer? How about resistance?

Answer 5

More chemo responsive, but also more apt to develop resistance.

Question 6

Is small cell more associated with cigarette smoking or not?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

Is small cell lung cancer a type of neuroendocrine tumor?

Answer 7

Yes