title: Treatment of metastatic gastric carcinoma with a modified FAMTX chemotherapy regimen.
abstract: Fifty patients with locally far advanced or metastasizing gastric carcinoma were treated with 5-fluorouracil, adriamycin and methotrexate using a slightly modified FAMTX protocol. Complete remission was achieved in four (8%) patients, confirmed operatively, partial remission in 13 (26%) patients, two of these going into complete remission after operative removal of residual tumor. Median duration of remission for the six patients in complete remission was 21 months, for those in partial remission five months. Median survival for all 50 patients was seven months, for those in complete and partial remission 12 months, and for those without remission four months. These results indicate the possibility of a further improvement of treatment results in patients with metastasizing gastric carcinoma using this protocol of combined operation and chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology/Hematology, University of Hamburg.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Weh
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garbrecht
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henne-Bruns
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Crone-Muenzebrock
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hossfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D005472:Fluorouracil; D008727:Methotrexate