[A 5'-DFUR + CPA + THP therapy that was effective for paclitaxel-refractory pulmonary metastasis of breast cancer--a case report].
What should be the standard treatment for taxane-refractory metastatic breast cancer remains controversial. In this paper, a case in which the 5'-DFUR + CPA + THP therapy was effective for paclitaxel-refractory metastatic breast cancer is reported. A 41-year-old female received pectoral muscle preserved mastectomy under diagnosis of the left breast cancer in May 1996. In June, 1999, a coin lesion of 2.2 cm diameter was found in the left middle lung field with chest X-ray. Paclitaxel 210 mg/m2 (once for three weeks, 8 cycles in total) resulted in marked improvement. The regimen of paclitaxel 70 mg/m2 (medication consecutive once-weekly for three weeks, and withdrawal for next week; 1 cycle) was carried out continuously with the patient ambulatory. Because resistance to the treatment appeared at the time the total dose reached 2,700 mg, 5'-DFUR + CPA + THP therapy (THP 30 mg/m2 (i.v.) x day 1, CPA 77 mg/m2 (p.o.) x 14 days, 5'-DFUR 460 mg/m2 (p.o.) x 14 days; 3 weeks with 1 cycle) was carried out, and definite improvement in the lung findings were observed. 5'-DFUR + CPA + THP therapy may be of use as a second-line therapy in paclitaxel-refractory recurrent breast cancer.
Kitahara
Shinzo
S
Second Dept. of Surgery, School of Medicine, Toho University.
Ogata
Hideaki
H
Katagiri
Toshio
T
Nonaka
Kyoei
K
Shiba
Tadaaki
T
D000328:Adult; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000494:pharmacology
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D005467:Floxuridine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; C027260:pirarubicin; D017239:Paclitaxel; C025034:doxifluridine