Cisplatin, etoposide, and vincristine combination chemotherapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
Thirty patients with previously untreated, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were treated with cisplatin, etoposide and vincristine. Among twenty-nine evaluable patients, eight patients achieved partial response and the overall response rate was 28%. No patient achieved a complete response. The median survival time was 51 weeks. Myelosuppression was the dose-limiting toxicity. Four patients had a leukocyte nadir of less than 1000/mm3, and one died from severe myelosuppression and sepsis. The other toxicities were nausea/vomiting, peripheral neuropathy, and alopecia. We conclude that cisplatin, etoposide, and vincristine combination chemotherapy offers moderate activity for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer.
Watanabe
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ichiyama
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S
Shimokata
K
K
Nagura
E
E
Saito
H
H
Saka
H
H
Nomura
F
F
Sakai
S
S
Saito
H
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D014750:Vincristine; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin