کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3909721 1251227 2007 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Clinical efficacy of capecitabine as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer—How low can you go?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی زنان، زایمان و بهداشت زنان
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Clinical efficacy of capecitabine as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer—How low can you go?
چکیده انگلیسی

SummarySixty-three patients received capecitabine at 1000 mg/m2 twice daily every 2 out of 3 weeks as first-line treatment for advanced disease at our institution. Forty-five patients (71%) had previously received adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The median number of capecitabine cycles administered was 5(1–40). Forty-eight patients had measurable disease with response rate (RR) of 29%. The median time to progression (TTP) was 18(2–122) weeks. Seven patients (11%) had TTP of >1 yr, four of whom received more than 10(24–40) cycles of capecitabine. Thirty-seven percent of patients still needed dose reductions. Our retrospective audit is consistent with a previously published study which used a higher starting dose of capecitabine as first-line chemotherapy. For a subgroup of patients, capecitabine can result in a long TTP with minimal toxicity. The benefit of continuing capecitabine beyond a fixed number of cycles should be investigated further. Schedules using even lower doses of capecitabine for longer periods may also be of interest.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Breast - Volume 16, Issue 4, August 2007, Pages 420–424
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