title: Treatment of advanced medullary thyroid cancer with an alternating combination of doxorubicin-streptozocin and 5 FU-dacarbazine. Groupe d'Etude des Tumeurs à Calcitonine (GETC).
abstract: Combinations of doxorubicin and streptozocin and 5-FU and dacarbazine were given alternately to 20 patients with metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma. Three partial responses and 10 long-term stabilizations were observed. No unexpected toxicity occurred.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Nucléaire et de Cancérologie Endocrinienne, Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif Cedex, 94805, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nocera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baudin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pellegriti
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cailleux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mechelany-Corone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlumberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013311:Streptozocin; D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005472:Fluorouracil