Report of a Case of Pericardial Mesothelioma with Liver Metastases Responding Well to Pemetrexed and Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

Pericardial mesothelioma remains a disease with a bleak prognosis. We report the case of a patient with metastases to liver and good response to pemetrexed and carboplatin-based combination chemotherapy and consequent prolonged progression-free survival.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of thoracic oncology 2007-08, Vol.2 (8), p.780-781
Hauptverfasser:	Doval, D.C., Pande, Shripad B., Sharma, J.B., Rao, S.A., Prakash, Neeraj, Vaid, A.K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Calretinin Carboplatin Glutamates - administration & dosage Guanine - administration & dosage Guanine - analogs & derivatives Heart Neoplasms - drug therapy Heart Neoplasms - pathology Humans Liver (hepatic) Liver Neoplasms - drug therapy Liver Neoplasms - secondary Lung (pulmonary) metastases Male Mesothelioma - drug therapy Mesothelioma - secondary Middle Aged Pemetrexed Pericardial mesothelioma Pericardium Platinum Compounds - administration & dosage SIADH
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Zusammenfassung:	Pericardial mesothelioma remains a disease with a bleak prognosis. We report the case of a patient with metastases to liver and good response to pemetrexed and carboplatin-based combination chemotherapy and consequent prolonged progression-free survival.
ISSN:	1556-0864 1556-1380
DOI:	10.1097/JTO.0b013e31811f3acd