title: Treatment of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer with a cis-dichloro-diammine platinum, cyclophosphamide, and bleomycin combination.
abstract: Twenty-five consecutive patients with previously untreated stage III (18) and IV (7) epithelial ovarian carcinoma underwent maximum surgical tumor reduction followed by cyclophosphamide, cisplatinum, and bleomycin chemotherapy, given 5 days every 3 weeks for a total of 6-8 courses. Patients were then submitted to second-look surgery, and complete responders to a 1-year additional chemotherapy with L phenylalanine mustard and hexamethylmelamine. The median survival is 23 months for the whole group, and 31+ months for 13 patients found in microscopically assessed complete remission (CR) at the time of second-look surgery. The possible significance of these results and of the addition of bleomycin to a well-known combination are discussed, together with the limitations of a phase II study.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin