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How would you treat metastatic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a patient who received adjuvant Adriamycin ( 240 mg/m2) 10 years ago for breast cancer?

Patient currently has bone and lung metastasis.
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Medical Oncology · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Ifosfamide+Etoposide has activity in MPNST and could be considered in a patient with prior doxorubicin. In general MPNST is treated as other metastatic soft tissue sarcomas. There is still the possibility of giving a doxorubicin containing regimen such as doxorubicin+olaratumab for a couple cycles a...

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