title: Chemotherapy of the squamous cell lung cancer LC-12 with 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, carboplatin or iproplatin combinations.
abstract: The combination of Cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum (II) (CisDDPt) + 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) was compared with two CisDDPt analogues + 5-FU [Iproplatin (CHIP) + 5-FU and Carboplatin (CBDCA) + 5-FU] for relative efficacy against advanced stage squamous cell lung tumors (LC-12) in Balb/c mice. At equitoxic dosages, the numbers of regressions and cures were similar for the three combinations (5-FU/CISDDPt 2/10 PR's, 2/10 CR's, 2/10 cures; 5-FU/CBDCA 1/10 PR's, 5/10 CR's, 3/10 cures; 5-FU/CHIP 1/10 PR's, 3/10 CR's, 3/10 cures). The tumor growth delay among the mice not cured was slightly superior in the 5-FU/CisDDPt regimen. All the agents were active singly against this tumor model. Based on these results, the substitution of CBDCA or CHIP for CisDDPt in a FU regimen did not offer a cytotoxic advantage. Because of different dose limiting toxicities for the platinum compounds the possibility exists that these analogues could be used in drug combinations in substitution for CisDDPt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tapazoglou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polin
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Sarraf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; C023359:iproplatin; D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil