Outpatient chemotherapy of advanced breast cancer in a community setting: a five-drug regimen
| Autor: | West Jh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Georgia medicine.medical_treatment Advanced breast Remission Spontaneous Antineoplastic Agents Breast Neoplasms Internal medicine medicine Carcinoma Ambulatory Care Humans Cyclophosphamide Aged Chemotherapy business.industry Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Regimen Methotrexate Outpatient chemotherapy Vincristine Toxicity Community setting Prednisone Drug Therapy Combination Female Fluorouracil business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Southern medical journal. 69(6) |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| Popis: | Forty-two (37 evaluable) unselected women with advanced breast carcinoma were treated with a modified "Cooper regimen" in a community setting. After 12 weeks of induction therapy, the patients were evaluated for response and toxicity. The 74% overall response rate (78% in the evaluable group) compares favorably with that of other series. The median duration of remission was 13.7 months. The median survival was 17 months for the evaluable patients and 14 months for the entire group. Twenty-two percent of the patients required hospitalization during the induction phase, and 35% were treated exclusively as outpatients during all phases of therapy. There was only one drug-related death. It is concluded that a complex chemotherapeutic regimen can be managed adequately by physicians experienced in chemotherapy in a community setting with results comparable to those from cancer centers. |
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