Abstract
Sixty-three previously untreated patients with metastatic non- small cell lung cancer (40 patients with adenocarcinoma and 23 with large cell undifferentiated carcinoma) were treated with combination chemotherapy consisting of 5-FU (300 mg/m2) given as an iv bolus on Days 1-4 and vindesine (3mg/m2) and mitomycin (10 mg/m2), both given as an iv bolus on Day 1 of each treatment course (FEMi). FEMi was repeated at 3-week intervals for three treatment courses and thereafter at 6-week intervals until disease progression. Major objective responses were seen in 13 of the 63 patients (21%). Minor responses were seen in an additional 12 patients (19%). The median survival for all patients was 23 weeks and for responding patients was 38 weeks. The pretreatment performance status had a significant effect on both the response rate and survival time. Patients having an initial Karnofsky performance score ≥70% had a 54% response rate, with a medium survival of 42 weeks for responding patients. FEMi was well- tolerated: 18 patients (29%) did not have any side effects and only five (8%) experienced vomiting.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 553-556 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Cancer Treatment Reports |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 1982 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research