Effects of concomitant use of doxifluridine, radiotherapy and immunotherapy in patients with advanced cervical cancer

Oncol Rep. 2001 Mar-Apr;8(2):273-7. doi: 10.3892/or.8.2.273.

Abstract

Clinical effects of doxifluridine (group A, 600 mg/body/day; group B, 800 mg/body/day) combined with radiotherapy and immunotherapy were evaluated in patients with advanced cancer of the uterine cervix. Response rates were 84.2% (16/19 patients) in group A and 100% (18/18 patients) in group B, respectively (p=0.230). There was no significant difference in adverse reaction incidence between the methods but significantly higher grade adverse reaction were observed in group B than in group A (p=0.048). Time to progression (TTP) was longer in group B than in group A (p=0.081). The optimal 5'-DFUR dose was 800 mg/body (group B), by which higher grade adverse reactions were fully controlled and TTP was prolonged.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Disease Progression
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Floxuridine / adverse effects
  • Floxuridine / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Sizofiran / adverse effects
  • Sizofiran / therapeutic use*
  • Survival Rate
  • Time Factors
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / immunology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / mortality
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Floxuridine
  • Sizofiran
  • doxifluridine