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    J Thorac Oncol. 2007 Aug;2(8):780-1.

    Report of a case of pericardial mesothelioma with liver metastases responding well to pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy.

    Doval DC, Pande SB, Sharma JB, Rao SA, Prakash N, Vaid AK.

    Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India. dcdoval@yahoo.com

    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.

    PMID: 17762349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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