Key result
Multimodal therapy with repeat radiotherapy achieves ~50-month survival in pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma.
Why the study?
Does radiation therapy improve survival and local control in patients with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma?
Case Report (n=1)
Does radiation therapy improve survival and local control in patients with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma?
This case report suggests a possible role for radiation therapy in achieving long-term survival and local control in pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma.
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Supports multimodal therapy including radiotherapy for pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma; leaves open prospective validation of benefit.
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Chiola et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery (n=1). Surgery, chemotherapy, and repeated radiotherapy was evaluated on Overall survival and local control. A 62-year-old woman with intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery achieved a 50-month overall survival after treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and repeated courses of radiotherapy.
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