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It's Not Black or White! Metronomic Chemotherapy as a Therapeutic Option in Metastasis Ewing

[ ISSN : 2473-0688 ]

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Received: 26-May-2021

Accepted: 22-Jun-2021

Published: 24-Jun-2021

Case Report | Volume 7 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Garcia-Quintero Ximena, MD, MSc¹, Claros Angélica, MD³, Bolaños Jhon, MD³, Cuervo María, MD, MSc¹, and Urcuqui Luz, MD²

¹Fundación Valle de Lili, Pediatric Palliative Care Program, Cra. 98 # 18-49, Cali 760032, Colombia

²Fundación Valle de Lili, Pediatric Oncology, Cra. 98 # 18-49, Cali 760032, Colombia

³Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas (CIC), Fundación Valle del Lili, Cra. 98 # 18-49, Cali 760032, Colombia

Corresponding Author:

Ximena García-Quintero MD, Director Pediatric Palliative Program, Avenida Simón Bolívar. Cra. 98 No.18-49, Fundación Valle del Lili., Tower 6, 7th Floor. Cali, Colombia, Email: ximena.garcia@ fvl.org.co

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Adolescent; Pediatrics; Ewing’s sarcoma; Metastatic; Metronomic chemotherapy; Palliative treatment; Quality of life

Abstract

There are currently conventional therapies that have shown a decrease in mortality of pediatric patients diagnosed with cancer, however, some of them suffer from poor prognosis pathologies. In these, the range of available therapies is limited, this is why the use of metronomic chemotherapy as a palliative treatment option has been described. The following is a case report of an adolescent patient with metastatic Ewing’s Sarcoma (ES) that was managed with metronomic chemotherapy (ME) and had a positive impact on functionality, quality of life and opioid requirement

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Ximena GQ, Angélica C, Jhon B, María C Luz U (2021) It’s not black or white! Metronomic chemotherapy as a therapeutic option in Metastasis Ewing’s Sarcoma: Case Report. SM J Case Rep 7: 4.