Systemic treatment and prognostic analysis for patients with small cell cancer of the digestive tract

Objective To evaluate the systemic treatment and prognostic factors in the patients with small cell cancer of the digestive tract. Methods From Jan 1980 to Dec, 1999,the 52 patients with the small cell cancer of digestive tract were analysized retrospectively. Results In all the patients 1,2 and 5-year survival rates were 50.0%, 25.0% and 11.5% respectively, the median survival time (MST) was 12 months. In the limited stage (LS) group, the survival rates were 54.5% for 1 year, 30.0% for 2 year a...