title: Alternating 5-FU-mitomycin C/5-FU-dacarbazine in advanced colorectal adenocarcinoma: a phase II study.
abstract: Thirty patients with advanced colorectal adenocarcinoma were treated by chemotherapy with an alternating regimen consisting of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-mitomycin C and 5-FU-dacarbazine at 3-week intervals. Two patients had a partial response (6%) and 14 a stable disease (47%). The toxicity of this regimen was essentially digestive with 30% of grade 3 or 4 nausea and vomiting. In spite of the reported active and synergistic action of drug association in colorectal carcinoma, this treatment schedule is not better than 5-FU alone. Moreover, gastrointestinal toxicity is increased.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herait
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rougier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theodore
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kac
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Droz
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D003606:Dacarbazine; D005472:Fluorouracil