title: Cisplatin, adriamycin, etoposide, megestrol acetate versus melphalan, 5-fluorouracil, medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of endometrial carcinoma.
abstract: Fifty consecutive patients with documented advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma from 1978 through 1985 were prospectively treated with melphalan, 5-fluorouracil, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MFP) as first-line chemotherapy. From 1987 through 1993, 50 consecutive patients with documented advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma were prospectively treated with cisplatin, Adriamycin, etoposide, megestrol acetate (PAV-M) as first-line chemotherapy. Response rates for MFP versus PAV-M, 2- and 5-year survival, median survival, 2- and 5-year progression-free survival, and median progression-free survival were not statistically different. However, there was a significant improvement favoring PAV-M in 2-year (45 versus 14%), 5-year (30 versus 5%), and median survival (22.3 versus 8.7 months) (P = 0.008) compared to MFP in patients with primary advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma. Moreover, there was a significant improvement in 2- and 5-year and median survival (55 and 15% and 26.7 months) for PAV-M compared to MFP (7 and 0% and 7.3 months) (P = 0.002) for the more aggressive other adenocarcinomas (adenosquamous, clear cell, papillary serous, undifferentiated) compared to the more common endometrioid adenocarcinoma. The current data suggest that cisplatin- and adriamycin-based chemotherapy results in some long-term survival benefit for patients with primary advanced endometrial adenocarcinoma and the more aggressive nonendometrioid adenocarcinoma histologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 15263, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cornelison
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Piver
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Driscoll
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008535:Megestrol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D019290:Megestrol Acetate; D008558:Melphalan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008535:Megestrol; D002945:Cisplatin; D008558:Melphalan; D019290:Megestrol Acetate; D005472:Fluorouracil