First-line treatment of patients with disseminated poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas with carboplatin, etoposide, and vincristine: a single institution experience.
Acta Oncol
; 51(1): 97-100, 2012 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (PDECs) represent highly malignant tumors with an immense tendency to metastasize and with a poor prognosis. The treatment consists of palliative chemotherapy and corresponds to the treatment of extensive stage small cell lung cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS:
We present the patient characteristics and treatment results of 31 consecutive, chemonaïve patients with PDECs treated with carboplatin, etoposide, and vincristine.RESULTS:
The response rate was 52%, the disease control rate 77%, and the median overall survival 15.3 months. The one-year survival rate was 55%, and the two-year survival rate was 19%. The median progression free survival (PFS) time was 6.6 months. Survival rates did not correlate with the Ki-67 proliferation index. The treatment was well tolerated.CONCLUSION:
Treatment results with carboplatin, etoposide, and vincristine in chemonaïve patients with PDECs are comparable to those in patients with SCLC. The prognosis is however poor.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica
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Carcinoma Neuroendócrino
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Oncol
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca