A 65 year old woman presented with a recurrent locally advanced esthesioneuroblastoma. She had earlier been treated with radiation followed by surgery. The recurrence was located in earlier radiated tissues with intracranial infiltration. She underwent treatment with combined intra-arterial chemothe
Combination chemotherapy pneumonitis: A case report of possible synergistic toxicity
โ Scribed by Goedert, James J. ;Smith, Frederick P. ;Tsou, Edward ;Weiss, Raymond B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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โฆ Synopsis
A woman with pancreatic cancer developed acute interstitial infiltrates while receiving modest doses of two potential pulmonary toxins, mitomycin-C and chlorozotocin. Chemotherapy pneumonitis, confirmed by lung biopsy, responded dramatically to prednisone with negligible sequelae. Comparison with the doses in other reported cases suggested additive or synergistic toxicity between these two alkylating agents.
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