Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access originally published online on September 25, 2006
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(11):735-738; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl087
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© 2006 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
A Case of Resected Huge Ileocolonic Mesenteric Liposarcoma which Responded to Pre-operative Chemotherapy using Doxorubicin, Cisplatin and Ifosfamide
Colorectal Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
For reprints and all correspondence: Seiichiro Yamamoto, Colorectal Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji Tyuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. E-mail: sishigur{at}ncc.go.jp
Received February 13, 2006; accepted June 15, 2006
Primary mesenteric liposarcoma is a rare entity that has been reported only 14 times in English literature. The treatment strategy for mesenteric liposarcoma is, if no distant metastases are detected, surgical resection with a wide surgical margin, often followed by radiation and/or adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk patients. However, the efficacy of pre-operative chemotherapy is unknown. If the tumor is shrunk by pre-operative chemotherapy, we could achieve complete surgical resection, which is difficult when the tumor is too large or is invading neighboring organs. We herein describe a case of huge mesenteric liposarcoma that showed significant tumor shrinkage by pre-operative chemotherapy using doxorubicin, cisplatin and ifosfamide, allowing a margin-negative operation.
Key Words: mesenteric liposarcoma preoperative chemotherapy doxorubicin ifosfamide