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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-25
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0923-7534
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
223-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
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.
pubmed:affiliation
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't