Publications by authors named "Chiyo Okouchi"
Article Synopsis
- Lenvatinib is an oral medication that targets multiple growth factor receptors and is currently used to treat thyroid and renal cell cancers.
- A case study details a 67-year-old patient initially thought to have undifferentiated thyroid cancer, who was treated with lenvatinib after surgery for lymph node metastasis.
- Although the treatment resulted in significant improvement of the lymph node condition, it also caused interstitial pneumonia, which only improved after stopping the drug, marking this as the first known case of such a side effect from lenvatinib.
A case of breast cancer that metastasized to the cervix 10 years and 8 months after mastectomy is reported. The patient had undergone pancreaticoduodenectomy due to solitary metastasis to the head of the pancreas 4 years previously. The cervical metastasis was associated with abnormal genital bleeding.
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