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Neo-adjuvant
TIM-ILP for soft tissue sarcoma (III). The woman, 62 years
old, had a gigantic, stage IV malignant fibrohistiocytoma of the
left thigh that had progressed on 4 courses of systemic ifosfamide/doxorubicine.
The patient had been offered hindquarter exarticulation in another
town. Left: clinical aspect before TIM-ILP. The scar of the open
biopsy is visible. Right: clinical aspect on day 30 after perfusion.
The tumour has shrunk and there is necrosis of the biopsy scar
(refer to the text). |