1998 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 81-86
A 29-year-old man was admitted complainting of hoarseness. Mediastinal widening was seen on his chest radiograph. Carcinoid was histologically diagnosed by biopsy of the left supraclaviculal lymph node, and the tumor involved the aorta and its branches. Drug sensitivity of the tumor cells against several anticancer drugs was examined, but they were resistant to all drugs. Three cycles of chemoradiotherapy (total 55 Gy) were performed, and the reduction rate of total tumor volume was only 29%. Chemoradiotherapy for advanced mediastinal carcinoid tumor needs further investigation.
