1. Carboplatin plus paclitaxel in the successful treatment of advanced inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.
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Kubo N, Harada T, Anai S, Otsubo K, Yoneshima Y, Ijichi K, Koga T, Takayama K, and Nakanishi Y
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- Adult, Bone Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Bone Neoplasms drug therapy, Bone Neoplasms secondary, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Humans, Lymphatic Metastasis diagnostic imaging, Male, Mediastinal Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Mediastinal Neoplasms pathology, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue diagnostic imaging, Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue secondary, Positron-Emission Tomography, Radiography, Thoracic Vertebrae diagnostic imaging, Treatment Outcome, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Carboplatin therapeutic use, Mediastinal Neoplasms drug therapy, Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue drug therapy, Paclitaxel therapeutic use
- Abstract
A 26-year-old man with unresectable inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) presented with multiple metastases in the thoracic vertebra and lymph nodes as detected by positron emission tomography (PET) received chemotherapy with carboplatin plus paclitaxel. After three cycles of chemotherapy, fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT revealed tumor regression and significant reduction of FDG uptake in all lesions. The patient received six cycles of chemotherapy without any severe adverse event, and there was no sign of disease progression for seven months. This regimen is well tolerated and may be considered the treatment of choice for unresectable IMT.
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- 2012
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