title: A preliminary report of combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and mitomycin-C followed by radical hysterectomy or radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
abstract: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin and mitomycin-C was used in the primary treatment of 17 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (stages Ib-IIIb; tumor diameter greater than 5 cm) prior to definitive local treatment with radical hysterectomy or radiotherapy. Thirteen of the seventeen patients (76.5%) responded to initial chemotherapy, permitting a radical hysterectomy in ten patients. At histologic examination of the surgically resected primary tumor and lymph nodes, complete pathologic responses were found in 2 patients and partial pathologic responses in 8 patients. The median follow-up time is 14.5 months with a median survival for all patients of 52 weeks. All responders are alive. No therapy-related deaths, major complications, or delay in treatment occurred. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with mitomycin-C and cisplatin is feasible and may be of benefit for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deppe
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Malviya
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015996:Survival Rate; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D002945:Cisplatin