title: 4'-Epi-doxorubicin and hyperthermia in a murine mammary carcinoma: influence of the dose and fractionation.
abstract: Our aim was to analyse the dose-response rate of 4'-epi-doxorubicin (EP) alone and of EP combined with hyperthermia (HT) treatments in tumor-bearing mice. A spontaneous mammary carcinoma, transplanted into the right foot of female hybrid (C3H/RIxDBA/2J) mice, was used. EP (from 5 to 30 mg/kg) was administered i.p. and local HT (45-60 minutes at 42 or 43 degrees C) was carried out. Mice were treated with EP and/or HT in 1, 2 or 3 doses at 8 day intervals; in the case of 3 HT treatments EP was administered before the first or before each HT session (same EP total dose). When EP was given alone, in 1 or 2 fractions, results showed a clear dose-response relationship: tumor growth delay depended on the total dose only. Combining different EP single doses and 1 HT treatment (43 degrees C), an additive effect and perhaps a synergistic effect at the highest doses was observed. Among all tested combinations, the best results were observed combining 3 HT with only 1 EP treatment.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina e Biomedicina, ENEA CR Casaccia, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cividalli
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Danesi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Altavista
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonanni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Persiani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Segre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cruciani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015251:Epirubicin