An aged patient with stage IV ovarian cancer successfully treated by intraperitoneal consecutive administration of cisplatin

• Published in: Gan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 25; no. 8; p. 1225
• Main Authors: Narimatsu, A, Okada, O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.07.1998
• Subjects: Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Cisplatin - administration & dosage; Cyclophosphamide - administration & dosage; Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary - drug therapy; Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary - secondary; Drug Administration Schedule; Female; Humans; Infusion Pumps, Implantable; Infusions, Intravenous; Infusions, Parenteral; Lymphatic Metastasis; Ovarian Neoplasms - drug therapy; Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology

The patient was an aged woman with ovarian cancer stage IV that was classified as serous papillary adenocarcinoma. The primary lesion, 60 x 70 x 100 mm in size, was detected in the left ovary and the lymph node metastasis, 54 x 35 mm in the maximum size, expanded from the pelvic lymph node to the le...