title: Metastatic extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Successful therapy with interferon alfa-2b.
abstract: A patient with pulmonary metastatic extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC), of unknown cause, responded dramatically to 16 months of therapy with interferon alfa-2b. This is the first report of a significant response of a patient with EMC to this novel treatment approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubinger
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Plenderleith
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lertzman
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Worth
mesh_terms: D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; D011859:Radiography; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins