Cancer Treatment Today

Glomus tumors are rare, slow-growing, vascular tumors that have been reported in various areas of the body. They are are  paragangliomas, and are more common in in women in their fifties and sixties.
Because of its rarity, not much can be said about this cancer’s treatment.  Alpha-blockers and beta-blockers  can be used for, especially preoperatively to stabilize blood pressure and cardiac arrhythmias. Successful treatment of pulmonary metastases with etoposide (VP-16) and cisplatin has been described. There is a report of a successful use of octreotide to control somatostatin receptor–positive tumors. Chemotherapy or newer biologicals may have a place but experience is limited, most of it being case reports of  gemcitabine (Gemzar) and cisplatin.

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