title: [A pilot study of induction chemotherapy with cisplatin, mitomycin C and vindesine for stage III N2 non-small cell lung cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The postoperative survival of patients with preoperatively identified stage III N2 non-small cell cancer (NSCLC) is poor. A pilot study of induction chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin, mitomycin C and vindesine (CMV) was undertaken in an attempt to improve the curative potential of surgery in this group of patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-two patients with stage III N2a NSCLC received two cycles of CMV, (80 mg/m2 cisplatin i.v. on day 1, 8 mg/m2 mitomycin C i.v. on day 1, and 3 mg/m2 vindesine i.v. on day 1 and 8, every 4 weeks) preoperatively. The responding patients received a further two courses of CMV after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 63% (20 PR). All patients underwent operation including radical mediastinal node dissection. Twenty-six resections were curative and six were absolute non-curative. The toxicity was generally mild, but there were two hospital deaths, due to bronchopleural fistula and postoperative pneumonia. Sixteen patients have shown recurrent disease up to now. When the recurrence patterns were classified by clinical response, 11 responding patients were disease-free (9-84 months), but all non-responding patients had recurrent diseases. The median survival of curatively resected patients with pathological N2 was 39 months with a 5-year survival of 29%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This induction chemotherapy was well tolerated and revealed a high response rate. The current survival is obviously improved compared with the historical control, indicating that subsequent phase III clinical trials are urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Disease, National Cancer Center Hospital East.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiwaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hojo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014751:Vindesine / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D016685:Mitomycin; D002945:Cisplatin; D014751:Vindesine