title: [Ovarian adenocarcinoma stage III and IV treated by a combination of adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, 5-fluorouracil and cis-DDP. Therapeutic role of cis-DDP in this combination].
abstract: Seventy-one patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma (stage III and IV) were included in this study between october 1977 to june 1981. Surgical resection was initially judged impossible in 17 cases, partial in 38 and complete in 16 cases. Forty-seven patients (group A) were given a monthly course of a three drug combination including adriamycin (ADM: 40 mg/m2 day 1), cyclophosphamide (CPM: 400 mg/m2 on days 2, 3, 4), 5 fluoro-uracile (5 F.U.: 600 mg/m2 on days 2, 3, 4). Twenty four patients (group B) were given the same drug combination plus cis-DDP (80 mg/m2 on day 4). After failure of the treatment in group A, 20 patients received the same combination chemotherapy as in group B (group C). The overall response rate of treatment was comparable in both groups A and B: 62 per cent (29/47) in group A including 32 per cent of complete clinical responses (15/47), 66 per cent in group B (16/24) including 33 per cent of complete clinical responses (8/24). The median of survival was 24 months in group A and 21 in group B. Twenty per cent (4/20) of the patients in group C had an objective response to cis-DDP after failure of the combination of adriamycin-cyclophosphamide-5 fluoro-uracile. The quality of initial surgical resection, the size of non resectable tumors and the clinical response to treatment appear as parameters of significant prognostic value.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil
vernacular_title: Adénocarcinomes de l'ovaire stade III et IV traités par une association d'adriamycine, cyclophosphamide, 5 fluoro-uracile et cis-DDP. Rôle thérapeutique du cis-DDP dans cette association.