title: Efficacy of adjuvant carboplatin-epirubicin chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer after radical surgery.
abstract: Postoperatively, 13 patients with stage III ovarian cancer received a combination of carboplatin and epirubicin (PE) at 300 and 60 mg/m2 respectively. The results of the 13 patients receiving the PE regimen were retrospectively compared to those of 24 patients who received the conventional PAC schedule (cisplatin, Adriamycin and cyclophosphamide at a dosage of 50, 50 and 750 mg/m2, respectively). All 37 patients had undergone radical debulking surgery including pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy. At 8 months, relapse-free rates of 42.2 and 79.2% were observed in the PE and PAC groups, respectively. This difference was highly significant (p = 0.011). The data suggest that the PE combination has less antineoplastic activity than the PAC schedule and thus cannot be recommended in the adjuvant treatment of advanced ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pickel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petru
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahousen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stettner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lehnert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D015251:Epirubicin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin