title: Adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (PAC) for early-stage high-risk endometrial cancer: a preliminary analysis.
abstract: Between October 1985 and January 1989, 33 patients with stage I (31) or clinically occult stage II (2) endometrial cancer at a high risk for recurrence were entered in a prospective study evaluating adjuvant cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (PAC) chemotherapy. Eligibility criteria included grade 2 tumors with middle- or outer-third myometrial invasion (16), grade 3 tumors with any degree of myometrial invasion (17), presence of extrauterine disease with no gross residual (17), or a high-risk histologic subtype including papillary serous (4), adenosquamous (5), or clear cell (1) tumors. Patients received PAC (50/50/500 mg/m2) at 4-week intervals for six cycles. Thirty patients (90%) completed therapy. Toxicity included severe neutropenia in 14 patients, neutropenic sepsis in 2 patients, and doxorubicin-related cardiomyopathy in 1 patient. There were no treatment deaths. Current median follow-up is 25 months. Nine patients (27%) have developed a recurrence, 7 of whom died, after a median interval of 14 months. Eight of the 9 with recurrence initially had extrauterine disease (P = 0.02). The resulting 2-year actuarial progression-free and overall survival rates were 79 and 83%, respectively. The median progression-free interval was 29 months for patients with extrauterine disease and 45+ months for those with no extrauterine disease (P = 0.02). These results suggest that a phase 3 randomized trial comparing adjuvant PAC with radiation therapy is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gershenson
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wharton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin