title: Second line platinum-based intraperitoneal chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the results of ovarian cancer treatment, where a regimen of intravenous cyclophosphamide followed by intraperitoneal cisplatin or carboplatin was administered as second line treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational study on 198 women with stage I-IV histologically documented epithelial ovarian cancer after one or more prior regimens of chemotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  University tertiary referral clinic, Gdansk, Poland.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group was recruited from among 593 ovarian cancer patients treated between January 1996 and December 2006. Conditions of inclusion for intraperitoneal treatment were: relapse or recurrence of disease after surgery followed by first line treatment. Recurrences were confirmed through re-staging laparotomy or second-look laparotomy. Patients received 90 mg/m(2) cisplatin, or carboplatin AUC 6 intraperitoneally and cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m(2) intravenously. Four or six courses were planned for each patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Response to treatment defined as complete or partial response, or progressive disease, and survival rates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 67 (34%) with complete and 61 (31%) with partial response, while 69 (35%) developed progressive disease. Median survival from the initiation of intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IP) was 51 months and significantly longer for patients who received four cycles of IP: 78 months vs. 20 months for patients who received six intraperitoneal cycles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IP can be used in second line treatment of ovarian cancer, but six treatment cycles appear associated with worse results compared to four.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. tomasz@milczek.com
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Milczek
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klasa-Mazurkiewicz
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerich
authors.forename: Juliusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobierski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin