Adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (PAC) for early-stage high-risk endometrial cancer: A preliminary analysis

Autor: David M. Gershenson, Thomas W. Burke, Creighton L. Edwards, C.A. Stringer, Alan N. Gordon, J.T. Wharton
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Gynecologic Oncology. 38:305-308
ISSN: 0090-8258
DOI: 10.1016/0090-8258(90)90063-q
Popis: Between October 1985 and January 1989, 33 patients with stage I (31) or clinically occult stage II (2) endometrial cancer at a high risk for recurrence were entered in a prospective study evaluating adjuvant cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (PAC) chemotherapy. Eligibility criteria included grade 2 tumors with middle- or outer-third myometrial invasion (16), grade 3 tumors with any degree of myometrial invasion (17), presence of extrauterine disease with no gross residual (17), or a high-risk histologic subtype including papillary serous (4), adenosquamous (5), or clear cell (1) tumors. Patients received PAC (50/50/500 mg/m 2 ) at 4-week intervals for six cycles. Thirty patients (90%) completed therapy. Toxicity included severe neutropenia in 14 patients, neutropenic sepsis in 2 patients, and doxorubicin-related cardiomyopathy in 1 patient. There were no treatment deaths. Current median follow-up is 25 months. Nine patients (27%) have developed a recurrence, 7 of whom died, after a median interval of 14 months. Eight of the 9 with recurrence initially had extrauterine disease ( P = 0.02). The resulting 2-year actuarial progression-free and overall survival rates were 79 and 83%, respectively. The median progression-free interval was 29 months for patients with extrauterine disease and 45 + months for those with no extrauterine disease ( P = 0.02). These results suggest that a phase 3 randomized trial comparing adjuvant PAC with radiation therapy is warranted.
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