title: [Clinical studies of cancer chemotherapy combined with angiotensin-II (ANG-II)].
abstract: The levels of anticancer drugs in tissue were measured by bioassay method in 28 patients with gastrointestinal cancer, who were treated with intravenous administration of 500 mg of 5-FU combined with ANG-II during surgery. The levels of 5-FU in the cancerous tissue of the stomach and the regional lymph nodes were higher in the cases who received 5-FU and ANG-II than in the cases received 5-FU alone. Based on this result, we carried out cancer chemotherapy combined with ANG-II for 15 patients with advanced cancer. The good clinical response was observed in 4 out of 15 cases (26.7%) including 2 complete (CR) and 2 partial responses (PR), respectively. According to Karnofsky's criteria of response, more than I-A response was observed in 5 out of 15 cases (33.3%). The major side effects of ANG-II therapy were nausea, vomiting and breast pain. The incidence of the side effects was 8.7% in total.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008937:Mitomycins; D000804:Angiotensin II; D016685:Mitomycin; D005472:Fluorouracil