[Remission of malignant pleural mesothelioma using high-dose cisplatin in monochemotherapy].
The authors report a case of a malignant mesothelioma of the left main pleura diagnosed by thoracoscopy and treated by pleural talcage followed with four courses of chemotherapy using cisplatin in a dose of 40 mgms/m2 from days 1 to 5 resulting in a near complete remission for one year. Following a review of the literature the authors analyse the potential value of chemotherapy in this type of tumour whose treatment up to the present time has been particularly disappointing.
Ménard
O
O
Service de Pneumologie A, Hôpital Villemin, Nancy.
Seigneur
J
J
Lamy
P
P
D000368:Aged; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D013627:Talc / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013627:Talc; D002945:Cisplatin
Mise en rémission d'un mésothéliome pleural malin par du cisplatine à forte dose en monochimiothérapie.