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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-8
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-one patients with epithelial ovarian cancer were treated with intensive high-dose, short-course chemotherapy that consisted of cisplatin (120 mg/m2) and doxorubicin (70 mg/m2) every 3 weeks for four cycles. Patients in complete clinical remission were offered second-look laparotomy (SLL). Patients with minimal or no residual disease at SLL were randomized to either cyclophosphamide (1000 mg/m2 every 21 days for six cycles) or whole-abdominal radiation therapy. All patients completed therapy with a median leukocyte nadir 1.3/microliter and platelet nadir of 90/microliters. Forty-five patients (74%) had a complete clinical response. Results of twenty-two of 36 second-look procedures (64%) showed no evidence of disease (NED). After SLL, 19 patients received six courses of cyclophosphamide and 16 patients received whole-abdominal radiation. Nine patient who refused SLL and one patient with negative SLL findings refused additional treatment. The median survival time for all patients was 51.3 months. High-dose intensive chemotherapy regimens have high response rates, but survival needs to be compared with traditional low-dose regimens. Although high-dose cisplatin and doxorubicin were myelosuppressive, the resulting complications were manageable. There was no significant difference between the mean survival times of patients receiving Cytoxan, abdominal radiation, or no treatment as second-line therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1890-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Clinical Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Cystadenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Laparotomy, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:1655227-Thrombocytopenia
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
High-dose, short-duration cisplatin/doxorubicin combination chemotherapy for advanced ovarian epithelial cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial