TY - JOUR
T1 - A combined modality approach to recurrent cardiac sarcoma resulting in a prolonged remission
T2 - A case report
AU - Mery, Giselle M.
AU - Reardon, Michael J.
AU - Haas, Jonathan
AU - Lazar, Jason
AU - Hindenburg, Alexander
PY - 2003/5/1
Y1 - 2003/5/1
N2 - We report a case of cardiac fibrosarcoma that was treated with cardiac tumor resection, chemotherapy, cardiac explantation, tumor repeat resection, and autotransplantation followed by external beam irradiation. The patient was able to achieve clinical remission and remained disease free > 2 years after the initial diagnosis. This ease report demonstrates that a sustained remission from cardiac sarcoma is possible with an aggressive combined modality approach.
AB - We report a case of cardiac fibrosarcoma that was treated with cardiac tumor resection, chemotherapy, cardiac explantation, tumor repeat resection, and autotransplantation followed by external beam irradiation. The patient was able to achieve clinical remission and remained disease free > 2 years after the initial diagnosis. This ease report demonstrates that a sustained remission from cardiac sarcoma is possible with an aggressive combined modality approach.
KW - Adjuvant chemotherapy
KW - Cardiac autotransplantation
KW - Cardiac sarcoma
KW - Postoperative local radiotherapy
KW - Remission
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U2 - 10.1378/chest.123.5.1766
DO - 10.1378/chest.123.5.1766
M3 - Article
C2 - 12740300
AN - SCOPUS:0037878146
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 123
SP - 1766
EP - 1768
JO - CHEST
JF - CHEST
IS - 5
ER -