title: Cisplatin-based (PVB+M) chemotherapy in good-risk and poor-risk nonseminomatous germ cell tumors.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients with metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumors were treated with Cisplatin, vinblastine, bleomycin, and low-dose methotrexate (PVB+M) combinations. Patients were divided into good-risk and poor-risk groups. All seven patients (100%) with good-risk factors achieved complete response, and all are alive disease free at a median of 70 months. In the poor-risk group, only 10 of 20 patients (50%) achieved complete response, and seven (35%) are alive disease free at a median of 58 months. Eight patients, 4 in each group, were required to undergo surgery for removal of postchemotherapy residual masses. The results confirm that Cisplatin-based chemotherapy protocols are adequate to cure most patients with good-risk factors, and newer approaches are needed for patients at poor risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saikia
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hedge
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Advani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D002945:Cisplatin; D008727:Methotrexate