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3155650

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
From January 1978 to October 1982, 47 patients with histological diagnosis of epithelial cancer of the ovary received peptichemio (PTC) at a dose of 70 mg/m2 (maximum, 120 mg total) every 15 days. Forty-two patients are now evaluable: 27 with stage III and 15 with stage IV disease. All patients but four with stage IV disease had been pretreated and had received at least one drug combination (median, three drugs per patient, including alkylating agents). Before the administration of PTC, the tumor extension in the abdomen was carefully assessed in all patients: ten patients had residual tumor less than 2 cm in diameter, while 32 patients had tumor greater than 2 cm in diameter. Objective responses were obtained in ten patients (23.8%): six complete remissions and one partial remission were observed in stage III patients and one complete remission and two partial remissions were observed in stage IV patients. Of the ten responding patients, eight had tumors less than 2 cm in diameter before receiving PTC. The median duration of response was 16 months. The most frequent side effects were myelosuppression and phlebosclerosis. Bone marrow depression was a common finding after the third course in heavily pretreated patients. Accordingly, in these patients a schedule interval of 3 weeks should be more appropriate. Since most of the responders were in the "small tumor" category, PTC appears to be an active drug in patients with ovarian cancer having small tumors (less than 2 cm). On the other hand, the response rate in a nonselected population of patients remains to be clearly defined with further studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0361-5960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
17-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Peptichemio in pretreated patients with ovarian cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article