ISSN:
1432-0843
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The value of combination chemotherapy with HEXA-CAF was analyzed in 31 patients with histologically documented epithelial ovarian cancer in advanced stages (minimal or gross disease). No patient had been previously treated with chemotherapy. Peritoneoscopy with diaphragmatic inspection, peritoneal cytology, lymphography, and chest X-ray were routinely used in staging and restaging the patients. Complete (CR) plus partial (PR) responses were obtained in 13/31 fully restaged patients (41.9%). CR was recorded in seven patients (22.5%) and PR in six patients (19.3%). Remission duration was significantly longer in patients who achieved CR (20 months) than in those who attained PR (9.5 months)(P〈0.01). In all treated patients the median duration of survival was 16.5 months. Survival was significantly longer in patients with CR than in patients who did not achieve CR (P〈0.05). Nevertheless, considering the rate of CR in patients with gross disease (20.6%), HEXA-CAF combination seems a useful but not yet ahopeful treatment for patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00258473
