title: Treatment of recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer with cis-platin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide.
abstract: The combination of cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide was used to treat 28 patients with recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer. Five patients had a complete response and one patient had a partial response, yielding a total response rate of 21%. Eleven patients had stable disease. The median survival for the whole group was 42 weeks. Responders had a statistically significant prolongation of survival at a median of 113 weeks (P less than 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference in progression-free interval between responders and patients with stable disease. The overall median progression-free survival was 26 weeks. The toxicities noted were primarily nausea, vomiting, and myelosuppression. The combination of cis-platin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide has modest effectiveness in the treatment of metastatic or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix.
authors.affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kavanagh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cavanagh
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lyman
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin