title: Salvage chemotherapy with mitoxantrone and mitomycin with or without methotrexate in advanced breast cancer.
abstract: Thirty-three patients with advanced and refractory breast cancer were treated with two mitoxantrone-containing regimens (mitoxantrone plus mitomycin and mitoxantrone plus mitomycin plus methotrexate). All patients had received previous chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil (CMF); cyclophosphamide, adriamycin and fluorouracil (CAF); or CMF and CAF. Partial response occurred in five patients (15 +/- 12%), stable disease occurred in 15 patients (45 +/- 17%) and progressive disease occurred in 13 patients (40 +/- 17%). The median duration of response was 5 months. The median actuarial survival was 11 months. Toxicity was mild, even in patients who had previously received anthracyclines; generally it was mainly hematological. We thus recommend mitoxantrone-containing regimens as salvage chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Oncologia Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Astone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Noviello
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pozzo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barone
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016879:Salvage Therapy
chemical_list: D016685:Mitomycin; D008942:Mitoxantrone; D008727:Methotrexate