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Complete remission of extensive metastatic renal cancer following immunotherapy
P N Plowman1, J Costello, N O'Donoghue
1St Bartholomew's Hospital, Department of Radiotherapy/Clinical Oncology, London, UK.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The authors describe the case history of a 54-year-old female patient, who presented with breathlessness, deteriorating general health and a 12 kg weight loss due to extensive metastatic renal cancer. Pulmonary emboli complicated the presentation. The patient entered a remarkable complete radiological remission by 18 weeks following the introduction of interleukin-2/alpha-interferon immunotherapy. The possibility of immediate nephrectomy or warfarin contributing to the augmentation of the effects of the immunotherapy is discussed.