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Pituitary metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma progressed after sorafenib treatment

Pituitary metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is rare and has never been reported for renal cell carcinoma primarily treated with sorafenib. Herein, we present a case of an advanced clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in which pituitary metastasis progressed but extracerebral metastases showed partial...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yang, Lin, Yu, Shi-Ying, Hu, Guang-Yuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23237217
http://dx.doi.org/10.5732/cjc.012.10184
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Sumario:Pituitary metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is rare and has never been reported for renal cell carcinoma primarily treated with sorafenib. Herein, we present a case of an advanced clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in which pituitary metastasis progressed but extracerebral metastases showed partial response to sorafenib treatment.