title: Advanced epithelioid pleural mesothelioma, long lasting disease stabilization and long term survival with cisplatin-pemetrexed chemotherapy re-challenge: a case report.
abstract: In this paper we report the case of a seventy-year old man affected by epithelioid malignant mesothelioma with prolonged disease control after chemotherapy with cisplatin pemetrexed, followed by single drug chemotherapy with pemetrexed.
authors.affiliation: UOC Oncologia Centro Oncologico G.Porfiri Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, Latina, Italia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cirino
authors.affiliation: UOC Oncologia Centro Oncologico G.Porfiri Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, Latina, Italia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Veltri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000086002:Mesothelioma, Malignant; D000068437:Pemetrexed / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000068437:Pemetrexed; D002945:Cisplatin
keywords: CT scan; Cisplatin; Mesothelioma; PET scan; Pemetrexed; Pleural effusion; Survival