title: Medroxyprogesterone acetate at very high doses in postmenopausal advanced breast cancer patients.
abstract: Twenty-six postmenopausal consecutive patients with advanced breast cancer were treated with very high medroxyprogesterone acetate doses (4000 mg/day orally for 30 days and then 3000 mg/day orally until progression or intolerance). The dominant metastatic lesion was bone in 13 patients, soft tissue in 3 patients and viscera in 10 patients (C.I. = V/ST + 0 = 0.62). An objective partial remission was achieved in 16 pts (61%), no change in 8 (31%), progression in 2 (8%). The median duration of objective remission was 7.5+ months with a median survival of 14.5+ months in responders. Toxicity was minor and only two patients discontinued the treatment because of side-effects. These results confirm the utility of medroxyprogesterone acetate at very high doses in these patients and the feasibility of this kind of dose.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone