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A case report of complete remission of pulmonary metastases from epithelioid sarcoma to navelbine chemotherapy.

Departments of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
American journal of therapeutics 03/2012; 19(2):e95-7. DOI:10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181e70a50 pp.e95-7
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ABSTRACT Management of soft tissue sarcomas can be very challenging because they have a high rate of metastasis, especially to the lungs, and respond very poorly to the currently available chemotherapeutic drugs. We present a case of epithelioid sarcoma in which complete remission of pulmonary metastases was observed after treatment with a single agent, navelbine, a vinca alkaloid, and a potential therapeutic agent. The patient has been persistently free of metastases for 4 years since treatment with navelbine. Further studies are warranted to establish the role of navelbine for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma and their metastases.

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Keywords

4 years
 
available chemotherapeutic drugs
 
complete remission
 
epithelioid sarcoma
 
lungs
 
pulmonary metastases
 
soft tissue sarcoma
 
soft tissue sarcomas
 
vinca alkaloid