Refractory breast cancer: A comparison of two different chemotherapy regimens


Erkisi M., Bilkay B., Seyrek E., Hazar B., Burgut R.

JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY, cilt.9, sa.6, ss.442-445, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 1997
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1179/joc.1997.9.6.442
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.442-445
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Sixty metastatic and recurrent breast cancer patients who had been given cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil (CMF) therapy previously and were treated at the Oncology Departments of Cukurova and Ege University Medical Schools between March 1992-94, were randomized into 2 groups for the chemotherapy program, The 30 patients in the Ist group were given etoposide: 200 mg x day x 5 days orally every 3 weeks. The 30 patients of the 2nd group were given fluorouracil: 500 mg x m(2), doxorubicin: 50mg/m(2), cyclophosphamide: 500 mg/m(2) intravenously every 3 weeks, The response rates were 21/30 in group 1 and 17/30 in group 2. The median duration of responses was 11 months (8-21) in the Ist and 3 months (4-18) in the 2nd group. Severe myelotoxicity was observed in 2 of the patients in the Ist group and in 5 of the patients in the 2nd group.