Remarkable Responses of Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer in Multiple Organs Treated with Alpha-Interferon
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 136 (5) , 1061-1062
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)45210-4
Abstract
We report a case of renal cell carcinoma with metastases in the lungs, humerus and brain, which we treated with alpha-interferon. After a transperitoneal nephrectomy the patient received a series of intramuscular injections of alpha-interferon every 2 days. Two months after the initial therapy complaints of pain in the humeral bone gradually decreased and the palpable mass in the right brachial region disappeared completely. A computerized tomography scan revealed only the scar of the intracranial metastasis. Most of the pulmonary lesions disappeared 4 months later except for the metastasis at the apex of the left lung.Keywords
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