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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-6-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
Forty-seven patients with advanced and/or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck were treated with 10-ethyl-10-deaza-aminopterin (10-EdAM), a new analogue of methotrexate. The drug was given as a weekly i.v. bolus injection, starting at 80 mg/m2 with two dose increments of 10% if no toxicity was observed after two weeks. Only patients with tumors of the larynx, oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx were included in the trial. Eighty-two percent of the patients had had prior surgery and/or radiotherapy. Forty-four patients were evaluable for response and toxicity. Five CR (12%) and five PR were obtained, yielding a response rate of 24% (CR+PR). The toxicity was similar to that usually seen with methotrexate; stomatitis and skin toxicity were rather pronounced. The data suggest that 10-EdAM has activity similar to that of methotrexate in patients with head and neck cancer.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0923-7534
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
3
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
N
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pubmed:pagination |
223-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Aminopterin,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Antineoplastic Agents,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Drug Evaluation,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Folic Acid Antagonists,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Head and Neck Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Leukopenia,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Neoplasm Metastasis,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local,
pubmed-meshheading:1586620-Thrombocytopenia
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pubmed:year |
1992
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pubmed:articleTitle |
A phase II trial of 10-ethyl-10-deaza-aminopterin, a novel antifolate, in patients with advanced and/or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Cooperative Group.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Clinical Trial,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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