The use of paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy in uterine papillary serous carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE
Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is an aggressive malignancy with a histologic appearance and pattern of spread that resembles that of papillary serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary. The current standard therapy for advanced ovarian cancer, cisplatin or carboplatin plus paclitaxel, results in high objective response rates for that tumor. This regimen has thus far not been evaluated in UPSC.


METHODS
Twenty-four patients with UPSC treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and paclitaxel were retrospectively evaluated. Eighteen patients received these agents in the adjuvant setting (n = 9) or for disease persistent after initial surgical management (n = 9). Eleven patients received one or more courses of this drug combination for recurrent disease, 5 of whom had prior exposure in the initial setting.


RESULTS
Mean follow-up was 35 months (range 6-72+). A median progression-free interval (PFI) of 30 months (range 8-61+) was seen in patients treated in the adjuvant setting. Objective response, indicated by normalization of an elevated prechemotherapy CA125 level, was seen in 8 of 9 patients treated for residual disease after initial surgery (median PFI of 13 months, range 5-38+). Objective response of both measurable and/or evaluable disease was seen in 7 of 11 patients treated for recurrent disease (median PFI of 9 months, range 4-18). Six patients had retreatment with one or both agents and 4 responded a second time. Overall, the regimen was well tolerated.


CONCLUSIONS
Paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy has demonstrated activity in UPSC with acceptable toxicity. These results merit further investigation of the possible role of these agents in patients with this aggressive histologic subtype.
Zanotti
K M
KM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, USA.
Belinson
J L
JL
Kennedy
A W
AW
Webster
K D
KD
Markman
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin