## Background: Low-dose protracted continuous infusion (ci) 5-fluorouracil (5-fu), as proposed by lokich et al, has been reported to be active and well tolerated in colorectal and breast cancers. we initiated a phase ii trial with ci 5-fu in heavily pretreated undifferentiated carcinoma of the naso
Continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and low dose cisplatin infusion for the treatment of advanced and recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma
โ Scribed by Yong-Suk Chung; Yoshito Yamashita; Tohru Inoue; Tasuku Matsuoka; Bunzo Nakata; Naoyoshi Onoda; Kiyoshi Maeda; Tetsuji Sawada; Yasuyuki Kato; Tetsuhiko Shirasaka; Michio Sowa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
City Uni-11 cases, for an overall response rate of 50%. Patients with good performance versity Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
status (PS) (0-1) and differentiated histologic type showed higher response rates (50.0% and 63.6%, respectively) than patients with poor PS (2 or 3) and undifferenti-2 Institute for Pathogenic Biochemistry in Medicine, Taiho Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, ated histologic type (28.6% and 35.3%, respectively), although there were no sig-Japan.
nificant differences. Patients with low serum levels of immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP) showed a significantly higher response rate (71.4%) than those with high IAP levels (0%). Toxic effects included leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, nausea, and vomiting; these were not life-threatening and did not require treatment interruption.
CONCLUSIONS.
FP therapy is a promising regimen for patients with advanced and recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma. Serum levels of IAP may predict chemosensitivity.
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