title: Use of CA-125 response to predict survival parameters of patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: The prognostic value of serum CA-125 levels both before chemotherapy and after each cycle of one or two courses was assessed in 48 patients with advanced ovarian adenocarcinoma. All patients received a minimum of six courses of either cyclophosphamide and cisplatinum (CP) or cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and cisplatinum (CAP). Patients with serum CA-125 values below the normal value of 35 U/ml after two courses had a significantly longer median survival (p < 0.0001) and longer disease-free survival (p = 0.007) than did those patients whose CA-125 levels dropped to normal after the third or a later course of chemotherapy. A response in CA-125 levels after the first two courses of chemotherapy may indicate which patients should continue with the current chemotherapy regimen and which patients should be offered salvage therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Ron
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inbar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gelernter
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lewysohn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ayalon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaitchik
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin