title: A pilot study of mitomycin, ifosfamide and cisplatin as outpatient combination chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Twenty-one patients with advanced stage, non-small-cell lung carcinoma were treated with a chemotherapy regimen including: mitomycin (6 mg/m2), ifosfamide (3 g/m2), cisplatin (80 mg/m2). The regimen was administered on an outpatient basis. Two patients were lost to follow-up. Among the 29 patients evaluable for response we registered a response rate of 36.8%; 36.8% of patients had stable disease, and 15.7% progressed during treatment. Median duration was 8.7 months and median survival was 11 months. Toxicity was low and easily manageable on an out-patient basis.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Oncologia Medica, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pennucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Addamo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venturini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardizzoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010865:Pilot Projects
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D002945:Cisplatin; D007069:Ifosfamide