Adriamycin and 1-(2-chlorethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU) in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer

Cancer. 1978 Apr;41(4):1235-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197804)41:4<1235::aid-cncr2820410403>3.0.co;2-8.

Abstract

Adriamycin every three weeks and CCNU every six weeks were given to thirty patients with metastatic breast carcinoma. Most patients had received prior chemotherapy. The overall response rate was 40%, with three patients obtaining complete remission. Survival was significantly prolonged in responders versus nonresponders. Three patients developed CNS metastasis while on treatment. Prior chemotherapy was a major factor in determining response rate; all patients without prior chemotherapy responded. The combination appears to be inferior to adriamycin alone in patients who have received prior chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bone Marrow / drug effects
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Brain Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Doxorubicin / adverse effects
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lomustine / adverse effects
  • Lomustine / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / prevention & control
  • Nitrosourea Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Remission, Spontaneous

Substances

  • Nitrosourea Compounds
  • Lomustine
  • Doxorubicin