Combined Therapy against Recurrent Hemangiopericytoma: A Case Report

Abstract

Department of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, ChinaA patient with a seven-year history of recurrent metastatic hemangiopericytoma (HPC) was admitted. During his treatment, he received surgical resection, radiotherapy, radiofrequency hyperthermia and chemotherapy using combined doxorubicin, dacarbazin, vincristine, ginsenoside Rg3, and recombinant human endostatin. This synergistic method provides an encouraging model for treating HPC.

Keywords

• hemangiopericytoma
• surgical procedures
• radiotherapy
• chemotherapy
• angiogenesis inhibitors