title: Preoperative chemotherapy with irinotecan and mitomycin for FIGO stage IIIb cervical squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Patients with FIGO Stage IIIb cervical cancer show cancer propagation to pelvic side walls from the uterus, and the tumors cannot be completely removed by radical hysterectomy. Here, we examined the effects of preoperative irinotecan HCl (CPT-11)-combined chemotherapy on patients with unresectable Stage IIIb cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven patients agreed to participate in the pilot study and received preoperative chemotherapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cervical tumors of all 11 patients showed partial responses in tumor reduction, and radical hysterectomy was successfully performed in ten patients treated with CPT-11 and mitomycin C (MMC). One patient treated with CPT-11 and cisplatin had a 68% reduction of the primary cervical lesion but could not undergo radical surgery because of retroperitoneal cancer progression during chemotherapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that chemotherapy with CPT-11 and MMC could be a useful preoperative treatment for unresectable Stage IIIb cervical squamous carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kokawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Umesaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010865:Pilot Projects; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D016685:Mitomycin; D000077146:Irinotecan; D002945:Cisplatin; D002166:Camptothecin