© 2007 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Tailored hormonal therapy in secretory adrenocortical cancer
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Mitotane is often considered the front-line hormonal therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). An illustrative case concerning this issue and the rationale to ponder other alternatives is reported. A 69 year-old woman, diagnosed with ACC was admitted with hypertensive crisis, supraventricular tachycardia, congestive heart-failure, diarrhoea and rabdomyolisis. Two years earlier, she had undergone
1 Medical Oncology-Haematology Department
2 Endocrinology Department, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
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