[Combined treatment with dacarbazine, nimustine, cisplatin, and tamoxifen plus interferon-beta in a patient with advanced anorectal malignant melanoma]

Autor: Noriko, Kawano, Mitsuo, Tashiro, Masashi, Taguchi, Yasuyuki, Kihara, Ichiro, Yoshikawa, Kazutaka, Syukuwa, Masahiro, Yamasaki, Keiichiro, Kume, Makoto, Otsuki
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology. 105(11)
ISSN: 0446-6586
Popis: A 73-year-old man, who was diagnosed as having advanced anorectal malignant melanoma (Stage IV), was treated with combination chemotherapy using dacarbazine, nimustine, cisplatin, and tamoxifen plus interferon-beta. After the first course of chemotherapy, rectal tumor was decreased in size with less anal pain and liver tumor was disappeared. Twenty-four months after the first treatment, the patient is survived. DAC-Tam IFN-beta therapy may improve the management of patients who have advanced MM of the anorectum.
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