title: Lack of value for cisplatin added to mitomycin-doxorubicin combination chemotherapy for carcinoma of unknown primary site. A randomized trial.
abstract: Fifty-five patients with metastatic carcinomas of unknown primary site (50 adenocarcinomas) were randomized, after stratification, to treatment with either mitomycin and doxorubicin (MA) or mitomycin, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (MAP). There was a moderate but nonsignificant improvement in regression frequency (14 vs. 27%) and a slight but also nonsignificant worsening of survival (median 5.5 months vs. median 4.6 months) by the addition of cisplatin at 60 mg/m2 to the MA regimen.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin