title: [Basic and clinical study of anticancer effect of etoposide on choriocarcinoma].
abstract: To establish a new method for treating choriocarcinoma, basic and clinical studies were made on Etoposide, a newly developed anticancer drug. I. Basic study 1) The crystal violet uptake sensitivity tests for anticancer drugs were examined with 5 human choriocarcinoma cell lines, BeWo, SCH, HCCM-5, JEG and SMT-CCl. 2) A drug concentration which could reduce the survival rate of SMT-CCl cells to 50% was regarded as the standard concentration. 3) Etoposide showed the same strong anticancer activity on all the choriocarcinoma cell lines as Act-D and CPA. II. Clinical study 1) In the treatment of trophoblastic diseases (choriocarcinoma 15 cases and invasive mole 14 cases), Etoposide therapy manifested a much higher effective rate (93.3%) than conventional Act-D therapy (50.0%) and MTX therapy (21.0%). But side effects of Etoposide therapy were milder than those of the other drugs. 2) Especially in the high risk choriocarcinoma group, the remission rate was 50% (PR 3, NC 2 and PD 1) for the conventional MAC protocol and 100% (CR 3 and PR 2) for the MECA protocol. In conclusion, it was demonstrated basically and clinically that Etoposide was very effective in the treatment of choriocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D012074:Remission Induction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D003609:Dactinomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D008727:Methotrexate