A case report of complete remission of pulmonary metastases from epithelioid sarcoma to navelbine chemotherapy

Am J Ther. 2012 Mar;19(2):e95-7. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181e70a50.

Abstract

Management of soft tissue sarcomas can be very challenging because they have a high rate of metastasis, especially to the lungs, and respond very poorly to the currently available chemotherapeutic drugs. We present a case of epithelioid sarcoma in which complete remission of pulmonary metastases was observed after treatment with a single agent, navelbine, a vinca alkaloid, and a potential therapeutic agent. The patient has been persistently free of metastases for 4 years since treatment with navelbine. Further studies are warranted to establish the role of navelbine for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma and their metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use*
  • Forearm
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Remission Induction / methods
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vinblastine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Vinblastine / therapeutic use
  • Vinorelbine

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Vinblastine
  • Vinorelbine