TY - JOUR
T1 - An unusually large pleural mesothelioma with an outstanding clinical response and long lasting survival
T2 - A case report and literature review
AU - Zilembo, Nicoletta
AU - Vitali, Milena
AU - Pietrantonio, Filippo
AU - Platania, Marco
AU - Del Vecchio, Michele
AU - Bajetta, Emilio
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a neoplasm characterized by an increasing incidence and poor prognosis. When surgical treatment cannot be performed, systemic chemotherapy remains the main therapeutic option. Here we report the case of a 41-year-old female patient with epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma who was treated with carboplatin and pemetrexed despite her critical condition. She showed an impressive response to this first-line chemotherapy and, after disease progression, to further chemotherapy with gemcitabine and vinorelbine. She is still alive, with unexpectedly long-lasting survival. Free full text available at www.tumorionline.it.
AB - Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a neoplasm characterized by an increasing incidence and poor prognosis. When surgical treatment cannot be performed, systemic chemotherapy remains the main therapeutic option. Here we report the case of a 41-year-old female patient with epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma who was treated with carboplatin and pemetrexed despite her critical condition. She showed an impressive response to this first-line chemotherapy and, after disease progression, to further chemotherapy with gemcitabine and vinorelbine. She is still alive, with unexpectedly long-lasting survival. Free full text available at www.tumorionline.it.
KW - Mesothelioma treatment
KW - Mesothelium cancer
KW - Pleural mesothelioma
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M3 - Article
C2 - 21388071
AN - SCOPUS:79551501713
VL - 96
SP - 1031
EP - 1034
JO - Tumori
JF - Tumori
SN - 0300-8916
IS - 6
ER -