Ukrain treatment in a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma extending to the vena cava inferior. Case report.
A 52-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma was treated with surgery and chemotherapy (vinblastine). Ukrain was administered after tumor progression to the vena cava inferior and appearance of liver metastasis. The drug induced a complete remission, which has lasted 32 months since the first therapy course.
Prokopchuk
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Kiev Centre of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Kiev, Ukraine.
Zemskov
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Susak
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D000470:Alkaloids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001600:Berberine Alkaloids; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010617:Phenanthridines; D011788:Quality of Life; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology
D000470:Alkaloids; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D001600:Berberine Alkaloids; D010617:Phenanthridines; C060921:ukrain