Epithelioid sarcoma of vulva: a case report and review of the literature.

Epithelioid sarcoma of vulva is an extremely rare and aggressive tumor. In most patients it is asymptomatic, and the lesions are usually mistaken for benign processes, leading to diagnosis at later stages. We report a case of vulvar epithelioid sarcoma in a 51-yr-old woman presenting with a nodularity of vulva.

Weekly paclitaxel in pretreated metastatic breast cancer: retrospective analysis of 52 patients.

Single-agent paclitaxel has been shown to be effective as both first- and second-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer, and the efficacy and tolerability of weekly administration of paclitaxel has generated much interest. Fifty-two patients with pretreated metastatic breast cancer who were admitted to Hacettepe University between January 2001 and June 2002 were retrospectively analyzed in this study. Paclitaxel was administered weekly in a dose of 80 mg/m(2) over 1 hour.