title: Treatment of metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma with cisplatin and etoposide (VP-16).
abstract: Two patients with metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma were treated with cisplatin and etoposide. Both achieved a partial remission after only one cycle. One patient had a "nonfunctioning" tumor that had previously regressed on mitotane whereas the second patient presented with classical Cushing's syndrome. Although the latter patient's urinary 17-ketosteroids normalized while receiving mitotane, the tumor itself failed to regress objectively. Cisplatin plus etoposide appears to be an active combination for the treatment of metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008939:Mitotane / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D008939:Mitotane; D002945:Cisplatin