Chemotherapy for inoperable infantile fibrosarcoma

Cancer. 1985 Oct 1;56(7):1507-10. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19851001)56:7<1507::aid-cncr2820560705>3.0.co;2-7.

Abstract

Infantile fibrosarcoma, an uncommon disease of childhood, generally occurs in an extremity and despite high local recurrence rates is usually curable with surgical excision alone. Two patients whose tumors were unresectable because of extensive retroperitoneal involvement are reported. Treatment with doxorubicin, vincristine, and cyclophosphamide resulted in complete clinical responses in both patients. They remain alive and tumor free 2.5 and 4 years from diagnosis. Chemotherapy as a single modality appears to be effective in controlling unresectable infantile fibrosarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fibrosarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Fibrosarcoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed