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Apatinib treatment combined with chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a case report
- Source :
- OncoTargets and Therapy.
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Dove Press, 2017.
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Abstract
- Linghui Deng, Yue Wang, Wenbin Lu, Qian Liu, Jie Wu, Jianhua Jin Department of Oncology, Wujin People’s Hospital, Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, People’s Republic of China Abstract: Apatinib is a novel oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2, which has been proved by clinical trials to be effective and safe for patients with chemotherapy-refractory gastric cancer. To date, there is no study or case report on apatinib treatment for patients with ovarian cancer. Here, we present the case of a 50-year-old Chinese woman with advanced ovarian cancer, who received apatinib at a daily dose of 500mg for 28 days per cycle after failure of fourth-line chemotherapy. Favorable oncologic outcome was achieved in this case after treatment with apatinib. The patient’s progression-free survival is now 11.3 months, and she is taking apatinib and capecitabine as maintenance treatment. The common side effect of apatinib was fatigue; however, the toxicity of apatinib was controllable and tolerable. Thus, apatinib may be an option for chemotherapy-refractory advanced epithelial ovarian cancer, but this still warrants further investigation. Keywords: advanced epithelial ovarian cancer, apatinib, chemotherapy, angiogenesis inhibitor, targeted therapy
- Subjects :
- OncoTargets and Therapy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11786930
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- OncoTargets and Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.dovemedicalp..0fcd4aafce901050bf0aaf98e62f542d