A case of recurrent metastatic thymoma showing a marked response to paclitaxel monotherapy.
We describe a case of recurrent metastatic thymoma showing an excellent response to salvage paclitaxel monotherapy. The patient had undergone a series of platinum-based chemotherapy treatments during the previous 20-month period and the patient's disease was considered resistant to such therapy at the start of treatment with paclitaxel. This is the first report to suggest that paclitaxel has anti-thymoma activity.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D013945:Thymoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
D017239:Paclitaxel