[Plasmapheresis: First clinical results in malignant tumors]

Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1981 Oct 10;111(41):1522-4.
[Article in German]

Abstract

32 patients (10 females and 22 males) with chemotherapy-resistant tumors were again treated with the previously ineffective chemotherapy after plasmapheresis. 19 of 32 patients showed a minor response or no change lasting more than 3 1/2 weeks; in 10 of the 32 patients it lasted for more than 8 weeks.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Colonic Neoplasms / therapy
  • Drug Resistance
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / therapy
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma / therapy
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Plasmapheresis / methods*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Serum Albumin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Serum Albumin