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1515239

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8-9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
Between 1982 and 1990, 70 patients with advanced metastatic seminoma were treated with 4-6 courses of single-agent carboplatin (SAC) administered at 400 mg/m2 every 3-4 weeks. Treatment was of low toxicity and no patients suffered neurotoxicity, ototoxicity or significant renal damage. There was only one episode of neutropenic sepsis and no thrombocytopenic bleeding. The median follow-up of surviving patients was 3 years. 16 patients have relapsed and 4 of these 16 have died, thus the actuarial 3-year relapse-free survival was 77% (95% CI 65-86%), cause-specific survival was 94% (95% CI 82-99%) and overall survival was 91% (95% CI 80-96%). The risk of relapse was reduced by post-chemotherapy irradiation (PCRT) to involved nodes, occurring in 1/20 patients treated with PCRT compared with 11/31 who could have been treated but were not (P = 0.04). Of the 16 patients who relapsed, 12(75%) have been salvaged with combination chemotherapy and remain free from further relapse with a median follow-up of 18 months. Though this level of survival is equivalent to that obtained with initial cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy, the recurrence rate indicates that SAC remains an investigative treatment, except for unfit patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28A
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1307-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The activity of single-agent carboplatin in advanced seminoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't