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Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report

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    • Ping Zhan
    • Haiyan Xie
    • Li‑Ke Yu
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    Affiliations: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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    Published online on: February 10, 2015
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2953
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Abstract

Metastatic thymic carcinoma is an aggressive cancer that usually responds poorly to multimodal therapies. Although surgical resection is the preferred treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic disease, the clinical prognosis is typically poor. The present study describes a 63‑year‑old patient with thymic carcinoma who underwent a range of antitumor treatments, including surgical resection, post‑operative radiotherapy and post‑operative chemotherapy with several drugs, but ultimately responded to treatment with nab‑paclitaxel (nab‑P) and nedaplatin. Subsequent to six cycles of nab‑P and nedaplatin, the lung and peritoneal metastases decreased in size and the pleural effusion was reduced. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to describe the response of an advanced thymic carcinoma to nab‑P chemotherapy.
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Zhan P, Xie H and Yu LK: Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report. Oncol Lett 9: 1715-1718, 2015.
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Zhan, P., Xie, H., & Yu, L. (2015). Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report. Oncology Letters, 9, 1715-1718. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2953
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Zhan, P., Xie, H., Yu, L."Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 9.4 (2015): 1715-1718.
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Zhan, P., Xie, H., Yu, L."Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 9, no. 4 (2015): 1715-1718. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2953
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Zhan P, Xie H and Yu LK: Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report. Oncol Lett 9: 1715-1718, 2015.
APA
Zhan, P., Xie, H., & Yu, L. (2015). Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report. Oncology Letters, 9, 1715-1718. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2953
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Zhan, P., Xie, H., Yu, L."Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 9.4 (2015): 1715-1718.
Chicago
Zhan, P., Xie, H., Yu, L."Response to nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin in a heavily-metastatic thymic carcinoma: A case report". Oncology Letters 9, no. 4 (2015): 1715-1718. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2953
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