Eighteen patients with advanced malignancies refractory to other forms of treatment were given dactinomycin (Act D) as continuous intravenous infusions. Their median age was 51 years (range, 36-67); their median performance status was 50 (range, 40-90) on the Karnofsky scale. Act D was administered
Phase I evaluation of ICRF-187 (NSC-169780) in patients with advanced malignancy
โ Scribed by Jean Liesmann; Robert Belt; Charles Haas; Barth Hoogstraten
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 366 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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