An unusually large pleural mesothelioma with an outstanding clinical response and long lasting survival: A case report and literature review

Nicoletta Zilembo; Milena Vitali; Filippo Pietrantonio; Marco Platania; Michele Del Vecchio; Emilio Bajetta

An unusually large pleural mesothelioma with an outstanding clinical response and long lasting survival: A case report and literature review

Nicoletta Zilembo, Milena Vitali, Filippo Pietrantonio, Marco Platania, Michele Del Vecchio, Emilio Bajetta

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1031-1034
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tumori
Volume	96
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - Nov 2010

Keywords

Mesothelioma treatment
Mesothelium cancer
Pleural mesothelioma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cancer Research
Oncology

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An unusually large pleural mesothelioma with an outstanding clinical response and long lasting survival : A case report and literature review. / Zilembo, Nicoletta; Vitali, Milena; Pietrantonio, Filippo; Platania, Marco ; Del Vecchio, Michele; Bajetta, Emilio.

In: Tumori, Vol. 96, No. 6, 11.2010, p. 1031-1034.

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