Abstract

BELTRAN-GARATE, Brady Ernesto. Salvage chemotherapy with carboplatin and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in a pretreated patient with ovarian cancer. Acta méd. peruana [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.3, pp.173-176. ISSN 1728-5917.

In the present article described a Peruvian patient of 56 years old with Ovarian carcinoma stage IIIC type high serous with optimal primary cytoreduction. In first line, she received carboplatin/paclitaxel each 3 weeks for 6 cycles. Five months from last cycle of chemotherapy, she developed a retroperitoneal recurrence. As second line, patient received pegylated liposomal doxorubicin for 3 cycles with progression disease. Then she received four additional lines of treatment without response. In seven line a combination of carboplatin/pegylated liposomal doxorubicin had a complete response.

Keywords : ovarian neoplasms; carboplatin; doxorubicin; drug therapy.

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