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BMC CANCER
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1395-6
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Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Pulmonary; Pazopanib; VEGFR
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- Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Background: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular tumor of borderline or low-grade malignancy. The lungs and liver are the two common primary organs affected. Metastatic disease was reported in more than 100 cases in the literature. However, no firm conclusions can be determined for recommended treatment options. Case presentation: The current case presents a patient with metastatic pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma to the cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes, lungs and liver that has been treated with pazopanib for more than two years with PET avid complete metabolic response in the mediastinum and lungs, and long-lasting stable disease. Target therapies that block VEGFR have a logical base in this rare malignancy. Conclusions: The current case is the first to report objective, long-lasting response to pazopanib.
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