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Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report
BACKGROUND: To date, there is no standard treatment for unresectable malignant peritoneal mesothelioma; either best supportive care or systemic chemotherapy with palliative intent are accepted options. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 79-year old patient with malignant peritoneal mes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-6-289 |
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author | Fasola, Gianpiero Puglisi, Fabio Follador, Alessandro Aita, Marianna Di Terlizzi, Silvia Belvedere, Ornella |
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description | BACKGROUND: To date, there is no standard treatment for unresectable malignant peritoneal mesothelioma; either best supportive care or systemic chemotherapy with palliative intent are accepted options. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 79-year old patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma who was treated with pemetrexed single-agent and obtained an impressive long-lasting response. CONCLUSION: Single-agent pemetrexed is a treatment option for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in selected elderly patients or in patients with unpaired performance status. |
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spelling | pubmed-17649042007-01-10 Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report Fasola, Gianpiero Puglisi, Fabio Follador, Alessandro Aita, Marianna Di Terlizzi, Silvia Belvedere, Ornella BMC Cancer Case Report BACKGROUND: To date, there is no standard treatment for unresectable malignant peritoneal mesothelioma; either best supportive care or systemic chemotherapy with palliative intent are accepted options. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 79-year old patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma who was treated with pemetrexed single-agent and obtained an impressive long-lasting response. CONCLUSION: Single-agent pemetrexed is a treatment option for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in selected elderly patients or in patients with unpaired performance status. BioMed Central 2006-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC1764904/ /pubmed/17176466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-6-289 Text en Copyright © 2006 Fasola et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Fasola, Gianpiero Puglisi, Fabio Follador, Alessandro Aita, Marianna Di Terlizzi, Silvia Belvedere, Ornella Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
title | Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
title_full | Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
title_fullStr | Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
title_short | Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
title_sort | dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed single-agent in an elderly patient with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-6-289 |
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