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Complete remission of locally adComplete remission of locally advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma after multimodality treatment

Authors :
Yifan Meng
Helen Levey Bernie
Tzu-Hua Weng
Dean-An Ling
Edward M. Messing
Elizabeth Guancial
Source :
Rare Tumors, Vol 8, Iss 4 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
SAGE Publishing, 2016.

Abstract

Treatment of locally advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma (pSCC) remains highly controversial secondary to disease rarity and lack of prospective randomized controlled trials. The current mainstays of care are multimodality treatment with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery. However, clinicians often have difficulty making recommendations for patients unable to tolerate chemotherapy or surgery due to scarcity of data to guide clinical decision-making. We report two cases of locally advanced pSCC that achieved complete remission after treatment with cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery in one case, and concurrent cisplatin chemoradiation in a second, supporting the use of chemotherapy as part of first-line multimodal therapy. We also discuss additional treatment options for patients unable to tolerate traditional chemotherapy regimens.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20363605 and 20363613
Volume :
8
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Rare Tumors
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.84d18201b01467a9346d26b69660128
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2016.6651