title: Combination chemotherapy with etoposide, cisplatin, and doxorubicin in mixed müllerian tumors of the adnexa.
abstract: Eleven patients with ovarian (9) or fallopian tube (2) mixed müllerian tumors who underwent primary surgery at Yale New Haven Medical Center between 1986 and 1994 were treated with etoposide, cisplatin, and doxorubicin. Responses were observed in three (60%) of five evaluable patients with two complete (40%) and one partial (20%) response. Median survival time was 17 months with an estimated 3-year survival of 18%. Survival may have been improved with earlier stage disease, but survival was not significantly improved with optimal surgical cytoreduction in patients with advanced disease. Four patients required dose reductions for myelosuppression and there was one treatment related death. Toxicity was comparable to other combination chemotherapy regimens. EPA has modest therapeutic activity in ovarian and fallopian tube MMT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cass
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Resnik
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Carcangiu
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Kohorn
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018200:Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin