Effective Monotherapy with Amrubicin for a Refractory Extrapulmonary Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Liver

Small-cell carcinoma of the liver is a rare neoplasm, and no standard treatment for it has yet been established. A 72-year-old man with an extensive disease stage of small-cell carcinoma of the liver was treated with systemic chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin and etoposide (PE) followed by irinot...

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Main Authors: Taichi Isobe, Shunichi Yanai, Hitoshi Kusaba, Shinichiro Yada, Yosuke Kuroda, Sadafumi Tamiya, Takayuki Matsumoto, Eishi Baba, Mine Harada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/538081