Turkish Journal of Oncology Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology
Article Open Access Volume 9 · Issue 3 · 1994 pp. 069–071

A CASE OF ACUTE MYELOMONOCTYIC LEUKEMIA DURING TREATMENT OF SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

AHMET ÖZET, FİKRET ARPACI, KÜRŞAD KAPTAN, ŞEFİK GÜRAN, ÖNDER BERK
1 Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Tıbbi Onkoloji BD
Published: 1994 Pubmed: 20282 Article ID: 281
Abstract
Refractory anemia was diagnosed following chemotherapy including ifosfamide + cisplatin + etoposide and radiotherapy in a 52 years old man with small cell lung cancer. Therefore, therapy could not be continued. Also acute myelomoncytic leukemia was diagnosed two months after refractory anemia. Patient died due to intracranial bleeding on the fifth day of the induction therapy for leukemia.

Keywords: Small cell lung cancer, acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, chemotherapy, radiotherapy

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