[Advantages in combination chemotherapy using the camptothecin analogue CPT-11 and cisplatinum analogues for human testicular cancer xenografts].
The antitumor effects of combination chemotherapies using CDDP and the camptothecin analogue CPT-11 were compared with those of vinca alkaloids or podophyllotoxins, and those of CPT-11 and cisplatinum analogues were also estimated. Two human testicular cancer xenografts (TTSC -2 and TTSC-3) heterotransplanted in nude mice were used. Combination therapy with CPT-11 and CDDP resulted in significant tumor regression and was much more effective than that of CDDP and vinca alkaloids or podophyllotoxin. The combination of CPT-11 and either CDDP or 254-S was significantly more effective than that of CPT-11 and either carboplatin or DWA2114R. Four evaluable refractory testicular cancers were treated with combination chemotherapy with CPT-11 and CDDP or 254-S as third line chemotherapy. Two patients remain alive and disease free and two patients died of disease. We concluded that the present combination is active in refractory testicular cancer.
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D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D000077146:Irinotecan; C053989:nedaplatin; D002945:Cisplatin; D002166:Camptothecin