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- Title
Antiangiogenic therapy of a recurrent giant cell tumor of the mandible with interferon alfa-2a.
- Authors
Kaban, L B; Mulliken, J B; Ezekowitz, R A; Ebb, D; Smith, P S; Folkman, J
- Abstract
We report a 5-year-old girl with a large rapidly growing giant cell tumor of the mandible that recurred 2 months after the first surgical excision and 3 months after a second resection. An angiogenic protein, (bFGF), was abnormally elevated in her urine. The patient was treated with interferon alfa-2a for 1 year because this agent inhibits angiogenesis by suppressing bFGF overexpression in infantile hemangiomas and in other human tumors. During this time the bone tumor regressed and disappeared, the urinary bFGF fell to normal levels, and the mandible regenerated. She has remained tumor-free and has been off therapy for 3 years at this writing. This first successful use of interferon alfa-2a to treat a mandibular tumor in a child demonstrates: 1) low grade tumors that overexpress bFGF may respond to interferon alfa-2a, in a manner similar to life-threatening infantile hemangiomas; 2) antiangiogenic therapy, given without interruption for 1 year, was safe and effective in this patient; and 3) treatment may be continued for 1 year without the development of drug resistance.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 1999, Vol 103, Issue 6 Pt 1, p1145
- ISSN
0031-4005
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.103.6.1145