title: Combination chemotherapy with a five-drug regimen for invasive thymoma.
abstract: Nine patients with stage III and stage IV thymoma were treated with cisplatin, vincristine, lomustine, cyclophosphamide and prednisolone. Two patients (22%) obtained remission, and four patients (44%) showed no change for 11 to 31 months. It was found that this five-drug regimen did not improve the results obtained by other chemotherapy modalities for thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, National University Hospital, Righospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Bjerrum
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daugaard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008130:Lomustine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D013945:Thymoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D014750:Vincristine; D008130:Lomustine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D002945:Cisplatin