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Achievement of 10‐year survival: A case of pubic bone recurrence as the primary failure site of chemo‐refractory ovarian clear cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Akashi Daisuke,
Todo Yukiharu,
Okamoto Kazuhira,
Minobe Shinichiro,
Kato Hidenori
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.12060
Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , ovary , salvage therapy , ovarian carcinoma , oncology , chemotherapy , clear cell carcinoma , surgery , carcinoma , ovarian cancer , cancer , physics , astrobiology
Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary tends to have a poor response to conventional platinum‐based chemotherapy. Bone recurrence from ovarian cancer is rare and prognosis of patients with such a condition is poor. We report a patient with chemo‐refractory ovarian clear cell carcinoma who developed pubic bone recurrence and subsequent para‐aortic node recurrence. The patient achieved long‐term survival after salvage surgery twice in spite of these inauspicious conditions. Surgical treatment should be taken into consideration for skeletal recurrence from ovarian clear cell carcinoma.