A Case Report of Complete Remission of Pulmonary Metastases From Epithelioid Sarcoma to Navelbine Chemotherapy

• DOI: 10.1097/mjt.0b013e3181e70a50
• Publication Date: 2010-07-15T13:14:43Z
• Authors: Zeeshan Tariq; Abhimanyu Ghose; Muhammad Z. Bawany; Bilal Saeed; Iman Mohamed; David Harmon
• Keywords: Male; Lung Neoplasms; Remission Induction; Sarcoma; Vinorelbine; Vinblastine; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Multimodal Imaging; 3. Good health; Forearm; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Positron-Emission Tomography; Humans; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Aged

Management of soft tissue sarcomas can be very challenging because they have a high rate of metastasis, especially to the lungs, and respond very poorly to the currently available chemotherapeutic drugs. We present a case of epithelioid sarcoma in which complete remission of pulmonary metastases was observed after treatment with a single agent, navelbine, a vinca alkaloid, and a potential therapeutic agent. The patient has been persistently free of metastases for 4 years since treatment with navelbine. Further studies are warranted to establish the role of navelbine for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma and their metastases.