[MEP therapy of advanced lung cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1987 Sep;14(9):2688-91.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Fourty-four patients with advanced non-small cell cancer of the lung were treated with a combination chemotherapy of mitomycin C, endoxan, and cisplatin (MEP). The overall response rate was 20%, with 9 partial responses. The median duration of response was 7 months. The overall median survival was 10 months. No significant difference was noted in survival time between PR and NC. MEP therapy seems to provide a relatively easy therapeutic approach in the treatment of advanced lung cancer with no associated renal toxicity or loss of hair.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin
  • Mitomycins / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Mitomycins
  • Mitomycin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Cisplatin