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Successful treatment for advanced small cell carcinoma of the ovary.

Christin A, Lhomme C, Valteau-Couanet D, Dubrel M, Hartmann O

Department of Pediatrics, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. anne_schristin@yahoo.fr

Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare and aggressive malignant tumour with a poor prognosis. The authors describe two females, 12 and 13 years old, who presented with advanced stage disease. They were treated with surgical resection, multiagent chemotherapy and high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation. They remain free of disease more than 9.5 and 14 years since the diagnosis.

Published 8 April 2008 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 50(6): 1276-7.
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