Irinotecan and vincristine for the treatment of refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumor in a developing country: a case report

Irinotecan and vincristine for the treatment of refractory desmoplastic small round cell tumor in a developing country: a case report

Abstract Introduction Desmoplastic small round cell tumor is an extremely rare and aggressive cancer that affects mainly adolescents and young adults. Despite multiple therapeutic strategies, most patients have resistant disease with very poor survival rates. Case presentation We present a case of a...

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Main Authors: Natalia Brenneken Duarte Ambar, Maria Teresa de Seixas Alves, Henrique Manoel Lederman, Simone Abib, Alexandre Alberto Barros Duarte, Eliana Monteiro Caran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT)
Irinotecan
Chemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-1985-z

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