title: Pulmonary toxicity after a quick course of combinatorial vincristine, bleomycin, and cisplatin neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer.
abstract: Pulmonary toxicity is one of the most serious adverse effects associated with a quick course of vincristine, bleomycin, and cisplatin neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC-VBP). The aim of this study was to evaluate pulmonary toxicity related to a quick course NAC-VBP. A total of consecutive 61 patients, who underwent at most 3 cycles of NAC-VBP every 10 days in the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IB-IIB cervical cancer from 1995 to 2007, were retrospectively analyzed. Of the 61 study subjects, 7 (11.5%) were identified to have pulmonary toxicity and 2 (3.3%) died of pulmonary fibrosis progression despite aggressive treatment and the use of a multidisciplinary approach. No factor predisposing pulmonary toxicity was identified. Initial symptoms were non-specific, but bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia and interstitial pneumonitis were characteristic findings by high-resolution computed tomography of the chest. The benefit of steroid therapy was uncertain and was associated with steroid-induced diabetes mellitus requiring insulin therapy in two patients. Fatal pulmonary toxicity is a major concern of a quick course NAC-VBP. In conclusion, these patients require special monitoring for bleomycin-induced pulmonary toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East-West Neo Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Do
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Ki
authors.forename: Jong-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seon-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seo-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Chu-Yeop
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Jung-Kyu
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Kyo-Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D002945:Cisplatin