title: [Intrapleural administration with OK-432 and cultured autologous pleural effusion lymphocytes for breast cancer patients with malignant pleural effusions: analysis of 84 patients over a 14-year period].
abstract: Autologous effusion lymphocytes cultured for 9-13 days with condition medium containing T cell growth factor were transferred after intrapleural administration with a streptococcal preparation, OK-432, for 84 breast cancer patients with cytologically-confirmed malignant pleural effusion. Effusion disappeared in 54 and decreased in 19 patients, while in 11 the treatment was ineffective (87% response). A positive cytology changed to negative in 52 of 55 (95%) of the patients tested, while in 29 patients, effusion sample could not be obtained after treatment. A multivariate analysis of prognostic factors showed a significantly poorer prognosis in patients with the following concomitant metastases: liver metastasis, lung metastasis with lymphangitis carcinomatosa, and simultaneous bilateral effusions. Median survival time (MST) of all patients was 9 months (5-year survival: 18%). However, MST of the patients with limited disease (patients without liver metastasis, lymphangitis, or bilateral effusion) was 23 months (5-year survival: 28%). Ten patients survived more than 5 years (3 survived over 10 years) after the treatment among 46 patients with follow-up periods of > 5 years.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Dept., Rakuyo Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010844:Picibanil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D010844:Picibanil