title: Adriamycin and cisplatin in the treatment of stage III and IV epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: A total of 342 eligible, previously untreated patients with Stage III or IV epithelial ovarian carcinoma were treated with Adriamycin and cisplatin, both at 50 mg/m2, for nine courses. Of the 210 patients who had clinically detectable disease after initial surgery, 85 (41%) had a complete clinical response and 45 (21%) had a partial clinical response. A total of 197 were clinically free of disease at the completion of chemotherapy and 175 of these had a second-look laparotomy; 55 had no macroscopic or microscopic evidence of residual disease after multiple random biopsies were examined histologically (complete surgical/histologic response). The major determinants of complete surgical/histologic response were diameter of largest residual tumor prior to treatment, ECOG performance status, and grade, patients with grade 3 tumors having a higher complete response rate than those with grade 1 or 2 tumors. The major determinants of survival were ECOG performance status and diameter of largest residual tumor prior to treatment. Median survival of the total group was 1.8 years.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Shelley
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Carmichael
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Krepart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Willan
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012074:Remission Induction
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin