title: cis-Platinum as second-line chemotherapy in advanced gastric adenocarcinoma. A phase II study of the EORTC Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Cooperative Group.
abstract: Thirty-four patients with measurable metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma refractory to prior chemotherapy were treated with cis-platinum 100 mg/m2 in a 6-hr infusion at 3-week intervals. Thirty-one patients were evaluable for response. There were three complete and three partial responses. Median duration of response was 4 months. Toxicity consisted mainly of nausea and vomiting and was severe in 12 patients. One patient had a severe but reversible renal failure. These results confirm other data reported in the literature. Cis-platinum has activity in gastric adenocarcinoma and should now be further investigated in first-line chemotherapy.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin