title: Synergistic antitumor activity of cisplatin and UFT in nude mice bearing transplantable nasopharyngeal hybridoma.
abstract: Combination therapy with cisplatin (CDDP) and UFT, a drug prepared with 1-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-5-fluorouracil and uracil at a mixing molar ratio of 1:4, was examined in nude mice bearing transplantable human nasopharyngeal hybrid cell (A2L/AH). The tumor growth of A2L/AH was inhibited in the group administered UFT 20 mg/kg, but was not in 10 mg/kg group in comparison with the control group. An inhibition rate (IR) of the tumor growth at 20 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg doses was 80.2 and 21.3%, respectively. The group received CDDP (5 mg/kg, q7d x 3, 2 mg/kg, q7d x 3, and 1 mg/kg, qd x 6) by intraperitoneal injection, resulted in 75.2, 37.4, and 23.1% inhibitions, respectively. While, the response rate in the group treated with CDDP (1 mg/kg, qd x 6) and UFT (10 mg/kg) showed a synergistic effects (IR, 66.3%) which was higher than in the group administered CDDP (2 mg/kg, q7d x 3) and UFT (10 mg/kg) (IR, 58.3%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakashita
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Umeda
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004357:Drug Synergism; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D051379:Mice; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D005641:Tegafur; C055423:didimethylsulfoxide dichloroplatinum(II); D014498:Uracil