A new schedule for etoposide, epidoxorubicin and cisplatin with granulocyte colony stimulating factor for advanced gastric cancer: a feasibility study

Anticancer Res. 1997 Sep-Oct;17(5B):3873-6.

Abstract

A new polychemotherapy regimen has been developed for gastric cancer. Etoposide at the dose of 120 mg/m2 for three days, Epidoxorubicin at the dose of 30 mg/m2 on day 1 and Cisplatin at the dose of 40 mg/m2 on day 2 were administered to 26 advanced gastric patients every two weeks with the support of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor from day 8 to day 12 of each cycle. The treatment was feasible with most cases (21/25) having received at least four cycles with a dose intensity > 85%, without life-threatening side effects. Toxicity was lower than that observed in the classical combinations of Etoposide-Anthracycline-Cisplatin.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / analogs & derivatives
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Epirubicin / administration & dosage
  • Epirubicin / analogs & derivatives
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Epirubicin
  • Etoposide
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cisplatin