[High-doses chemotherapy followed by bone marrow autograft in the treatment of small cell bronchial cancer]

J L Pico; D Baume; M Ostronoff; F Beaujean; A Gouyette; T Le Chevalier; R Arriagada; P Rebattu; M Hayat

[High-doses chemotherapy followed by bone marrow autograft in the treatment of small cell bronchial cancer]

Bull Cancer. 1987;74(5):587-95.

[Article in French]

Authors

J L Pico¹, D Baume, M Ostronoff, F Beaujean, A Gouyette, T Le Chevalier, R Arriagada, P Rebattu, M Hayat

Affiliation

¹ Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.

PMID: 2825862

Abstract

Nineteen patients were treated with high dose chemotherapy followed by an autologous bone marrow transplantation. The chemotherapy regimen was an association of BCNU, procarbazine, etoposide, melphalan. Six patients had a progressive disease; 4 short-term complete remissions were observed. In 13 responding patients, 6 maintained complete remissions were noted.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Carcinoma, Small Cell / drug therapy
Carcinoma, Small Cell / therapy*
Carmustine / administration & dosage
Combined Modality Therapy
Etoposide / administration & dosage
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
Melphalan / administration & dosage
Procarbazine / administration & dosage

Substances

Procarbazine
Etoposide
Melphalan
Carmustine