1.
Pancreas
; 35(1): 100-1, 2007 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17575553
2.
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho
; 33(10): 1493-5, 2006 Oct.
Artigo
em Japonês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17033245
RESUMO
A 70-year-old woman was admitted with cervicomediastinal lymph node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site (Sq-CUPS). The patient was treated with 4 cycles of chemotherapy combining carboplatin and paclitaxel with subsequent radiation therapy. After serial treatment, a partial response was obtained, and the disease has not recurred for over 2 years. Chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel followed by sequential radiation therapy was suggested to be potentially useful for Sq-CUPS with involvement of cervicomediastinal lymph nodes, although this group of patients is generally regarded to have a poor prognosis.