[Long-term survival metastatic ovarian cancer elderly patient]. / Paziente anziana con carcinoma ovarico metastatico lungo-sopravvivente.
Clin Ter
; 165(6): 305-8, 2014.
Article
de It
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25524187
ABSTRACT
Ovarian cancer is the sixth diagnosed cancer among women worldwide, it has a high mortality and in most cases it's diagnosed in advanced stage (stage III-IV). Combination platinum-paclitaxel chemotherapy administered every 3 weeks is considered the gold standard for first-line treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Elderly patients with ovarian cancer represents a subgroup with poor prognosis because they are often treated less radically for comorbidities and age. In the present article, we report a case of a 85 year old woman who was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian carcinoma for the presence of peritoneal carcinomatosis ab initio, not radically debulked and then treated with weekly schedule platinum-based and paclitaxel. Despite not being able to complete the chemotherapy, the patient achieved excellent results and represents a case of long survival.
Mots clés
Texte intégral:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Tumeurs de l'ovaire
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Tumeurs du péritoine
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Tumeurs épithéliales épidermoïdes et glandulaires
Type d'étude:
Prognostic_studies
Limites:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Langue:
It
Journal:
Clin Ter
Année:
2014
Type de document:
Article