BACKGROUND Cardiac tumors are rare and complex *** represents the cornerstone of therapy,while the role of adjuvant treatment remains unclear and,in case of relapse or metastatic disease,the prognosis is very *** of p...
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BACKGROUND Cardiac tumors are rare and complex *** represents the cornerstone of therapy,while the role of adjuvant treatment remains unclear and,in case of relapse or metastatic disease,the prognosis is very *** of prospective,randomized clinical trials hinders the generation of high level evidence for the optimal diagnostic workup and multimodal treatment of cardiac ***,we describe the multidisciplinary clinical management and molecular characterization of a rare case of cardiac myxofibrosarcoma in an elderly *** SUMMARY A 73-year-old woman presented signs and symptoms of acute left-sided heart *** examination revealed a large,left atrial *** suspicion of a myxoma,she underwent surgery,and symptoms were promptly *** showed a cardiac myxofibrosarcoma,a rare histotype of cardiac *** months later,disease unfortunately relapsed,and after a multidisciplinary discussion,a chemotherapy with doxorubicin and then gemcitabine was started,achieving partial radiologic and complete metabolic response,which was maintained up to 2 years and is still *** report is focused on the entire clinical path of our patient from diagnosis to follow-up,through surgery and strategies adopted at ***,due to their rarity,very little is known about the molecular landscape of ***,we also performed and described preliminary genome analysis of the tumor tissue to get further insight on mechanisms involved in tumor growth,and to possibly unveil new clinically actionable *** We report a case of cardiac myxofibrosarcoma that achieved a very good prognosis due to an integrated surgical,cardiac and oncologic treatment strategy.
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