title: Optimal therapy for platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer: doxorubicin, gemcitabine or topotecan?
abstract: Ovarian cancer is more fatal than all the other gynaecological malignancies combined. Although most patients respond to first-line combination chemotherapy, the vast majority (50-75%) of patients with advanced disease will relapse. The management of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer is based on their response profile to platinum: patients with platinum-sensitive disease can be rechallenged with platinum-based chemotherapy, whereas the management of patients with platinum-resistant or -refractory disease remains an area of active investigation. In this review, the data for second-line therapy in this latter group of patients will be summarised and recommendations for their optimal management will be made.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Haidari, Athens, Greece. pectasid@otenet.gr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pectasides
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Psyrri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pectasides
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Economopoulos
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D019772:Topotecan / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000093542:Gemcitabine
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D019772:Topotecan; D004317:Doxorubicin; D016190:Carboplatin; D000093542:Gemcitabine