title: [Studies on the relationship between therapeutic schedule and antitumor effect of etoposide and cytosine arabinoside in murine L1210 leukemia].
abstract: The sequence dependency of the antitumor effect of etoposide and ara-C was investigated against the L1210 ascites tumor in BDF1 mice. Etoposide (7.5 mg/kg or 15 mg/kg) and ara-C (25 mg/kg or 500 mg/kg) were administered intraperitoneally on days 1, 4 and 7 after inoculation of L1210 with or without time interval of 3 or 6 h. Antitumor effect was decided for cure rate and post inoculation survival time of the mice died of tumor. Six hours pretreatment with 15 mg/kg of etoposide followed by 500 mg/kg of ara-C yielded 100% of cure rate, but only 20% of cure rate was obtained with the reverse sequence. Simultaneous administration of etoposide and ara-C produced 70% of cure rate. At every dosage examined, pretreatment with etoposide given 6 hr before ara-C was the most effective antitumor schedule in L1210 leukemia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012074:Remission Induction; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D005047:Etoposide