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BACKGROUND:Cisplatin-based chemotherapy seems to improve the control of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)-related symptoms, but assessment of symptomatic gain in these patients is often difficult. This study was designed to test a method for the assessment of clinical benefit in elderly advanced NSCLC patients, after weekly cisplatin-gemcitabine chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Evaluation of clinical benefit was the primary end-point. Clinical benefit derived from the evaluation of eight parameters: PS, cough, dyspnea, pain and hemoptysis were considered primary parameters. Weight loss, asthenia and anorexia were secondary parameters. RESULTS:Twenty-nine patients aged > 65 years, symptomatic at study entry, were enrolled. Responses were calculated according to the intent-to treat principle. Fifteen patients were considered as clinical benefit responders for an overall clinical benefit response rate of 52% (95% C.I. = 33.5% to 70%). The median duration of clinical benefit was 9 months (range 2-36). Tumour objective responses, according to WHO criteria, were 14, for an overall response rate of 48% (95% C.I. = 31% to 65%). Ten patients (34%) obtained both clinical benefit and tumour response. The median survival-time was 10 months (range 1-36). Chemotherapy was well-tolerated with low incidence of WHO grade III-IV toxicities. CONCLUSION:Evaluation of clinical benefit in advanced, symptomatic, elderly NSCLC patients is feasible and could be used together with tumor response and quality of life questionnaires to assess the efficacy of chemotherapy. It could reasonably be extended to non-elderly NSCLC patients. Our results suggest that weekly cisplatin-gemcitabine seems to be able to improve the principal NSCLC-related symptoms in elderly patients.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Lippe P,Silva RR,Giuliodori L,Monterubbianesi MC,Mattioli R,Massacesi C,Cascinu S,Tummarello D,Cellerino Rsubject
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2002-03-01 00:00:00pages
1053-9issue
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0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
22pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究abstract：:Radiomics, an emerging field in radiation therapy, is hypothesized to improve classification of tumour risk and prognosis. Despite encouraging results, there are issues of practicality and interpretation of radiomic data. This study investigates the emerging role of radiomics in tumour risk classification and prognosi...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14350
更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.21873/anticanres.12185
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with lung cancer experience relapse, although epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) has an astounding effect on tumors with EGFR-activating mutations. It is therefore critical to determine the mechanisms of resistance against agents and the prognostic value ...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical relevance of HER2 amplification by a novel chromogenic in situ hybridisation (CISH) technique in patients with primary breast cancer and to determine its relationship with other prognostic markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred and seventy-three breas...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.14095
更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21873/anticanres.11347
更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Some non-differentiation-induction benzo[a]phenothiazines and mutagenic benz[c]acridines more potently inhibited the mitogen-induced blast transformation of human-peripheral blood lymphocytes than differentiation-induction and non-mutagenic counterparts and phenothiazines. Differential absorption spectrophotometry rev...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The electrophysiological effects of gallium chloride (Ga ) and its activity on arrhythmias induced by digitalis were investigated in guinea pig papillary muscle. KCl microelectrodes were used to record transmembrane electrical activity from Purkinje cells from the papillary muscle of guinea pig hearts during superfusi...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Deregulated RAS/RAF/MAPK and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways are found in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to test the inhibitory effects of PI-103 (a small molecule inhibitor of PI3K and mTOR) and sorafenib as single agents and in combination on HCC tumorigenesis in an in vivo xenograft mod...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Estrogen receptor activation in hormone dependent cells (MCF-7 and T47D) and hormone independent cells (MDA-MB-231) was measured by bioluminescence in stably transfected human breast cancer MCF-7, T47D and MDA-MB-231 cell lines with a reporter gene which allows expression of the firefly luciferase enzyme under the con...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib, is known to be effective in the therapy of various neoplasms. The objective of this study was the analysis of the ex vivo activity of bortezomib in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), in comparison to paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). A total of 159 patients en...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The CSEIL/CAS protein (CAS) is a Ran-binding protein with a function as a nuclear transport (export) factor. CSEIL/CAS, similar to Ran and other ran-binding proteins, plays at the same time an important role in the mitotic spindle checkpoint, which assures genomic stability during cell division. This checkpoint is fre...
journal_title：Anticancer research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00
