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2408359

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Between January 1973 and April 1982 66 evaluable patients with advanced inoperable orofacial tumours underwent intraarterial Bleomycin and Methotrexate with simultaneous radiotherapy in a prospective study. 32 patients had no previous treatment, 34 patients had initial surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. 15 mg Bleomycin were administered through a catheter into the arteria externa carotis daily in the morning. 25 mg Methotrexate were given in the same way at night followed by 3 mg Calcium-Leucovorin i.m. every 8 hours. The cumulative dose was 300 mg Bleomycin and 500 mg Methotrexate. Four hours after the administration of Bleomycin the target volume was irradiated (single fraction 2 Gy, total dose 60 to 65 Gy). The overall response rate was 65% containing 17% complete and 48% partial remission. Destruction of the bone appeared to be the most important index at the start of the therapy. Further prognostic determinants as previous treatment, localisation of the primary tumours (maxilla and mandibula respectively oral cavity and oropharynx) and local regional lymphnode stage missed statistically significance in the survival time, may be due to a possible radiosensitizing effect of the simultaneous chemotherapy. Complete remission turned out to be the most important prognostic factor after the end of treatment. Patients responding with complete remission show a median disease free survival of 56+ months and a median survival time of 82 months. Acute reactions were reversible. Only in 14% of the patients the treatment could not be finished. Better results could be obtained by electron-affinic radiosensitizers and high LET radiation.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0039-2073
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-307
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
[Prognostic factors in the treatment of inoperable orofacial tumors with simultaneous radiotherapy and intra-arterial chemotherapy].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract