Report of a case of pericardial mesothelioma with liver metastases responding well to pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy.
Pericardial mesothelioma remains a disease with a bleak prognosis. We report the case of a patient with metastases to liver and good response to pemetrexed and carboplatin-based combination chemotherapy and consequent prolonged progression-free survival.
Doval
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DC
Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India. dcdoval@yahoo.com
Pande
Shripad B
SB
Sharma
J B
JB
Rao
S A
SA
Prakash
Neeraj
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Vaid
A K
AK
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006147:Guanine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D000068437:Pemetrexed; D010496:Pericardium; D017671:Platinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage
D005971:Glutamates; D017671:Platinum Compounds; D000068437:Pemetrexed; D006147:Guanine