Abstract：
:Cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin (DEB) was given as an outpatient regimen in a novel weekly schedule to 27 patients with recurrent and/or widely metastatic cancer of the head and neck region. Six of these patients also received mitomycin (DEB/M) when their disease failed to respond after at least three weekly DEB doses. All but three patients had been treated previously with radiotherapy directed to the primary site and regional nodal disease; four had also received chemotherapy with cisplatin or carboplatin. Before treatment with DEB, 19 patients had distant metastases. Of an intended 12 doses per patient, a mean of 8.2 was achieved. Myelosuppression was the major toxicity, with neutropenia in 45% of patients and significant anemia in 26%. The overall response rate to DEB in 27 patients was 59%, increasing to 70% after the addition of mitomycin. There were two complete and 17 partial responses. The median duration of response was 12 weeks and median survival was 6 months, with 20% of patients surviving 1 year. We conclude that the relatively short survival time together with the significant toxicity of the DEB/M regimen does not warrant its routine use in clinical practice. However, this regimen, or one patterned on it, should be evaluated in combination with radiotherapy as the initial treatment for selected patients with previously untreated head and neck cancer.
journal_name
Semin Oncoljournal_title
Seminars in oncologyauthors
Osoba D,Band PR,Connors JM,Goldie JH,Knowling MA,Fetherstonhaugh EMsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-04-01 00:00:00pages
25-9; discussion 30-1issue
2 Suppl 5eissn
0093-7754issn
1532-8708pii
0093-7754(92)90255-Yjournal_volume
19pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Despite evidence of molecular abnormalities in biological specimens, progress in this disease is hampered by the lack of diagnostic markers useful for clinical practice. The majority of patients with lung cancer are still diagnosed at an advanced s...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2005.02.009
更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Alterations in chromatin structure resulting from aberrant DNA methylation and perturbations of the histone code profoundly influence gene expression during pulmonary carcinogenesis. Recent studies indicate that DNA demethylating agents and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors synergistically induce gene expression a...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2005.07.007
更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The majority of patients with advanced prostatic cancer respond either to castration or estrogen therapy. In an attempt to identify an alternative hormonal therapy, 25 symptomatic stage D prostate cancer patients were treated with megestrol acetate as initial hormonal therapy. Thirty-three patients were evaluable for ...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.02.003
更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the safety and feasibility of accelerated fractionation (via concomitant boost) radiotherapy (XRT) with concurrent carboplatin/paclitaxel chemotherapy for locally advanced stage III non-small cell lung carcinoma. Radiotherapy consisted of 3-dimensional conformal techniq...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2005.03.004
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gemcitabine is a novel nucleoside analogue that has demonstrated activity against several solid tumors. A large phase II study has been performed in Europe and Canada with a total enrollment of 161 non-small cell lung cancer patients, 26 of whom were from the Institut Gustave-Roussy. Patient characteristics were the s...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gene therapy has now become a standard experimental approach for treating cancers that have failed conventional therapies. As the understanding of the molecular nature of carcinogenesis develops, new approaches are being taken to directly target tumor cells, thus bypassing the difficulties of killing cells that are re...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2003.12.030
更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2015.09.023
更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2018.04.008
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.04.016
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2014.09.017
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2016.08.004
更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2008.12.007
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2015.02.011
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Imaging prostate cancer continues to represent a clinical challenge for both primary and recurrent disease. In the evaluation of the persistent/recurrent/metastatic prostate cancer, knowledge of cancer location (local v distant), size, and extent are essential in order to design a treatment, tailored to each patient's...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0093-7754(03)00359-2
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/sonc.2002.30765
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.11.005
更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Intra-arterial (IA) therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are considered palliative and should be offered to patients with intermediate-stage multinodular disease and with sufficient liver reserve. They include transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or bland embolization, transarterial chemotherapy, and transar...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2010.03.007
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
