title: [Clinical effects of postoperative immunochemotherapy with a combination of 5-FU, CDDP and lentinan for stage IVb gastric carcinoma and long-term pharmacokinetic studies on CDDP and 5-FU].
abstract: Eleven patients with postoperative-stage IVb gastric cancer were treated by combined administration of CDDP, 5-FU and Lentinan. CDDP was given intravenously at 20 mg/body on days one to five. At the same time, 5-FU was continuously administered 250 or 500 mg/body/day via the central venous catheter for more than two weeks, while Lentinan was given at the dose of 2 mg per week. Two courses were repeated every 3 weeks. The mean response duration and survival period for the eleven patients were 13 and 21 months, respectively, and one- and two year survival rates were 82% and 27%. This combination therapy was thus considered to be very effective. Next, the pharmacokinetics of long-term CDDP and 5-FU was studied. Our method could maintain the optimum serum concentration of total CDDP. Furthermore, the continuous infusion of 5-FU at a daily dose of 250 mg/day could sufficiently maintain the effective plasma concentration, although its peak fluctuated over time. Thus, in the plasma level of 5-FU in patients in poor condition requires periodic measurement.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Shinshiro Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D007912:Lentinan / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007912:Lentinan; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil