[A case of secondary myelodysplastic syndrome following chemotherapy for lung cancer].

A case of secondary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) following chemotherapy for lung cancer is reported. A 78-year-old man, with a smoking history of 20 cigarettes/day for 55 years, was incidentally, diagnosed as having stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in 1987 during admission for transurethral resection of bladder cancer. He received combination chemotherapy of mitomycin C, vincristin, and cisplatin for his lung cancer between July and September 1988.