title: Apatinib treatment combined with chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a case report.
abstract: Apatinib is a novel oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2, which has been proved by clinical trials to be effective and safe for patients with chemotherapy-refractory gastric cancer. To date, there is no study or case report on apatinib treatment for patients with ovarian cancer. Here, we present the case of a 50-year-old Chinese woman with advanced ovarian cancer, who received apatinib at a daily dose of 500 mg for 28 days per cycle after failure of fourth-line chemotherapy. Favorable oncologic outcome was achieved in this case after treatment with apatinib. The patient's progression-free survival is now 11.3 months, and she is taking apatinib and capecitabine as maintenance treatment. The common side effect of apatinib was fatigue; however, the toxicity of apatinib was controllable and tolerable. Thus, apatinib may be an option for chemotherapy-refractory advanced epithelial ovarian cancer, but this still warrants further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Wujin People's Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Linghui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Wujin People's Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Wujin People's Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Wujin People's Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Wujin People's Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Wujin People's Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
keywords: advanced epithelial ovarian cancer; angiogenesis inhibitor; apatinib; chemotherapy; targeted therapy