Elsevier

Gynecologic Oncology

Volume 74, Issue 3, September 1999, Pages 483-486
Gynecologic Oncology

Case Report
A Patient with Brain Metastasis from Ovarian Cancer Who Showed Complete Remission after Multidisciplinary Treatment

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Abstract

We describe a case with brain metastasis from ovarian cancer who showed complete remission after multidisciplinary treatment. The case was diagnosed as epithelial ovarian cancer, FIGO stage IIIc. She underwent cisplatin-based chemotherapy after optimal cytoreductive surgery and achieved clinical complete remission. Thirty-two months after surgery for ovarian cancer, a solitary metastasis occurred in the left frontal lobe of the brain. No recurrent lesions were observed outside the brain. The metastatic tumor was resected. Five days after operation, adjuvant chemotherapy comprising carboplatin and cisplatin was initiated (a total of three courses at 4-week intervals), and whole brain irradiation at 55 Gy was added. After these treatment methods, complete remission of the brain metastasis has been observed for 57 months with good quality of life.

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