title: A case of pure-type ovarian squamous cell carcinoma for which combination chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel and carboplatin was not effective.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There has been no report on the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel and carboplatin for pure-type ovarian squamous cell carcinoma (POSCC).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 56-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed as having pT2c pN1 M0 pure-type ovarian squamous cell carcinoma was treated with combination chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel and carboplatin every 3 weeks. Four months after the initial chemotherapy, multiple lung tumors appeared and a new tumor in the internal iliac area appeared. She died of disease 12 months after the first treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel and carboplatin for ovarian squamous cell carcinoma were not effective in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. yukiharu@med.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yukiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minobe
authors.forename: Mizue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Ritsu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakuragi
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel