Cytosine arabinoside and cisplatin for advanced breast cancer. A phase II study of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Forty-four women with advanced breast cancer participated in a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of a regimen consisting of cytosine arabinoside and cisplatin. All patients had previously received chemotherapy. Three patients (7%) responded to therapy with response durations of 153, 160, and 441 days. The median time to disease progression and median survival time in all 44 patients were 2.3 and 5 months, respectively. This regimen had significant toxicity, with most patients experiencing severe or life-threatening hematologic, renal, or infectious complications. This regimen cannot be recommended for previously treated patients with advanced breast cancer.

publication date

  • October 15, 1991

Research

keywords

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Breast Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0026345901

PubMed ID

  • 1913511

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 68

issue

  • 8