Editorial


Surgery for limited-stage primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: is it feasible and for whom is it indicated?

Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Hiroya Takeuchi

Abstract

Small cell carcinoma is a highly malignant cancer that most commonly arises in the lung. Small cell carcinoma arising from outside the lungs was first described by Duguid and Kennedy in 1930 and is referred to as extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma (EPSCC) (1).

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