Erschienen in:
01.12.2014 | Case Report
Case Report of Uterine Carcinosarcoma with Incisional Site Recurrence
verfasst von:
Rajshree Katke, Dilip Sandipan Nikam, Mehul Bhansali, B. K. Smruti
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Sonderheft 1/2014
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Excerpt
Uterine carcinosarcoma (CS), also known as malignant mixed Mullerian tumors, are very aggressive tumors accounting for <4 % of uterine cancers. These uterine cancers have poor survival rates, even when diagnosed at an early stage [
1]. Though surgery is the mainstay of treatment, the role of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy is being extensively studied as the postoperative recurrence rates and metastases are very high [
2]. Hence, various single and combinations of chemotherapeutic regimens and radiotherapeutic approaches are being evaluated [
3,
4,
5] Here, we present a rare case of CS with incisional site recurrence which was managed effectively by paclitaxel and cisplatin-based chemotherapy. …