Effective treatment of collecting duct carcinoma in a recipient of a kidney transplant: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a rare disease associated with a high mortality rate. The present study describes the case of a recipient of a kidney transplant with metastatic allograft CDC whose treatment was successful. The patient underwent nephrectomy, and chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin, while undergoing haemodialysis treatment and remained in remission after 6 years of follow-up. There is a lack of information about the treatment and clinical management of CDC; however, the combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin remains as first-line therapy. The challenge of this case was integrating chemotherapy sessions with dialysis therapy to maintain the effectiveness, tolerability and safety of the oncological treatment. In the present case report, the success of chemotherapy

SUBMITTER: Nascimento de Assis TCF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406419 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature