[A case of thymic carcinoma responding to combination chemotherapy with nedaplatin, etoposide, and ifosfamide]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2005 Mar;32(3):377-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We described a case of thymic carcinoma that responded remarkably to combined chemotherapy with etoposide (ETP), ifosfamide (IFO) and nedaplatin. A 68-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of hoarseness and dysphasia. Chest computed tomographic (CT) scans showed an anterior mediastinal tumor. Using CT-guided needle biopsy, the diagnosis was squamous cell type of thymic carcinoma. We gave her modified VIP therapy with ETP, IFO and nedaplatin. The tumor contraction response was evident after 3 courses of treatment. This case suggested that nedaplatin may be one of the promising agents for thymic carcinoma chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ifosfamide / administration & dosage
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thymus Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Etoposide
  • nedaplatin
  • Ifosfamide