title: cis-Diaminechloroplatinum in the treatment of advanced primary squamous cell carcinoma of the vaginal wall: a case report.
abstract: A 34-year-old patient with advanced primary squamocellular vaginal carcinoma was treated with external radiation (4000 cGy to the pelvis) and a line source Cesium application delivering 4000 cGy to the vaginal wall. During this treatment the patient developed a lesion on her back that proved to be a metastasis of a squamocellular cancer. The patient was started on six courses of cisplatin as a single agent. After the fourth course a complete remission was reached lasting for 4 months. By that time the metastasis recurred and was surgically excised. Sixteen months after diagnosis and 9 months after chemotherapeutic treatment there is no evidence of disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001415:Back; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin