title: Hormone conditioned cancer chemotherapy for recurrent breast cancer prolongs survival.
abstract: Left suprarenal-inferior mesenteric venous shunt (Inokuchi) was prescribed for 80 patients with recurrent breast cancer and the efficacy of hormone conditioned cancer chemotherapy was assessed. The patients were separated into 3 groups according to the historical regimen of combined chemotherapy: Group I; surgical hormone therapy alone, Group II; surgery plus short term chemotherapy, and Group III; surgery plus long term chemotherapy. The 5 year survival rate of the responsive patients to the surgical hormone therapy was as high as 84.6 per cent in Group III, as compared to that of Groups I and II, 41.7 per cent and 16.7, respectively. Survival was not prolonged in non-responsive patients, regardless of the group. These findings indicate that surgical hormone therapy combined with postoperative long term cancer chemotherapy is a valid and effective method for treating recurrence of breast cancer.
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002369:Castration; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011509:Proteoglycans; C010770:polysaccharide-K