cis-Diaminechloroplatinum in the treatment of advanced primary squamous cell carcinoma of the vaginal wall: a case report

Gynecol Oncol. 1987 May;27(1):110-5. doi: 10.1016/0090-8258(87)90237-x.

Abstract

A 34-year-old patient with advanced primary squamocellular vaginal carcinoma was treated with external radiation (4000 cGy to the pelvis) and a line source Cesium application delivering 4000 cGy to the vaginal wall. During this treatment the patient developed a lesion on her back that proved to be a metastasis of a squamocellular cancer. The patient was started on six courses of cisplatin as a single agent. After the fourth course a complete remission was reached lasting for 4 months. By that time the metastasis recurred and was surgically excised. Sixteen months after diagnosis and 9 months after chemotherapeutic treatment there is no evidence of disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Back
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / radiotherapy

Substances

  • Cisplatin