prolonged survival of a patient with pelvic recurrence of ovarian malignant mixed mullerian tumor after chemoradiotherapy

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fatemeh homaei shandiz research center of solid tumor treatment, ghaem hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

sima kadkhodayan research center of women’s health, ghaem hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran; research center of women’s health, ghaem hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran. tel: +98-5118012477, fax: +98-5118430569

malihe hsanzade mofrad research center of women’s health, ghaem hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

zohre yousefi roodsari research center of women’s health, ghaem hospital, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

abstract

conclusions optimal cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy may be the best treatment in mmmt but more discussion and experiences are needed regarding the effectiveness of radiotherapy. introduction malignant mixed mullerian tumor (mmmt) is a very rare tumor, accounting for less than 1% of all ovarian cancers. case presentation we present a 64-year-old woman with stage iii mmmt of ovary that was treated with platinum-based chemotherapy after optimal cytoreductive surgery. after 25 months of being disease free, she had a pelvic recurrence and a good response to chemoradiotherapy.

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iranian red crescent medical journal

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