title: Chemotherapy of advanced dysgerminoma: trials of the Gynecologic Oncology Group.
abstract: Between 1984 and 1989, 20 assessable patients with incompletely resected ovarian dysgerminoma were treated on two protocols of the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). All patients received cisplatin, bleomycin, and either vinblastine or etoposide. More recent patients also received consolidation chemotherapy with vincristine, dactinomycin, and cyclophosphamide (VAC). Eleven patients had clinically measurable disease, and 10 responded completely. Fourteen second-look procedures were done, and all were negative. Currently, 19 of 20 patients are disease-free with median follow-up of 26 months. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy is highly effective in patients with advanced dysgerminoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Blessing
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hatch
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Homesley
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D003609:Dactinomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D005047:Etoposide; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin