Complete remission of locally advanced squamous cell lung cancer induced by chemotherapy with cisplatin and docetaxel

The patient was a 70-year-old man with c-T2N3M0 stage IIIB squamous cell lung cancer in the upper lobe of his left lung. Two cycles of chemotherapy of docetaxel with cisplatin induced complete response. Sequential radiotherapy was performed for the mediastinum. One year after treatment, he underwent a lung resection for a second lung cancer, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, in the upper lobe of his right lung. Resected mediastinal lymph nodes showed no cancer cells of the first lung cancer. Now, more than 3 years after the first examination, he maintains complete remission without evidence of recurrence.