Report of eight recent cases of locally advanced primary pulmonary artery sarcomas: Failure of doxorubicin-based chemotherapy

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 907-911

  Penel, Nicolas ^a,b   Taieb, Sophie ^c   Ceugnart, Luc ^c   Dansin, Eric ^a   Hoguet, Dominique ^a   Vanseymortier, Luc ^a   Lartigau, Eric ^d  

^a CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Oscar Lambret Centre   (France)

^d CLCC Oscar Lambret   (France)

Author keywords

Doxorubicin; Metastases; Outcome; Pulmonary artery; Sarcoma; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG ARTERY SARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FATALITY; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOXORUBICIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149107983     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318180720d     Document Type: Article

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