Triplet cytotoxic chemotherapy with gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin for advanced pancreatic cancer

  • Authors:
    • Byeong Seok Sohn
    • Young Jin Yuh
    • Hong Suk Song
    • Bong‑Seog Kim
    • Kyung Hee Lee
    • Joung‑Soon Jang
    • Sung Rok Kim
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  • Published online on: June 10, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3347
  • Pages: 1204-1210
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Abstract

In advanced or relapsed pancreatic cancer, mono- or duo-therapy has shown modest efficacy at best. The present study evaluated the efficacy of a triplet combination in relapsed or advanced pancreatic cancer. A total of 37 patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas in stage III/IV or with relapsed disease were treated with a gemcitabine, 5‑fluorouracil and cisplatin (GFP) regimen every 3 weeks. Only 29 out of 37 patients were evaluable for response due to early treatment interruption in 8 patients. The overall response rate was 24.1% and the disease control rate was 68.9%. The progression‑free survival (PFS) rate was 61.5, 30.9 and 17.6% at 3, 6 and 9 months, respectively, and the overall survival (OS) rate was 46.5 and 30.6% at 6 and 12 months, respectively. Grade 3/4 leukopenia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia occurred in 18.4, 29.9 and 24.5% of 147 cycles, respectively. Old age and a poor performance status (PS) were associated with the early discontinuation of chemotherapy (P=0.038 and P=0.036, respectively). In patients <65 years old and with a PS of <2, the median PFS and OS times were 5.3 months and 10.3 months, respectively. Overall, although GFP resulted in acceptable response and survival rates, it does not appear to have marked superiority to gemcitabine‑based single or duplet chemotherapy.
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Sohn BS, Yuh YJ, Song HS, Kim BS, Lee KH, Jang JS and Kim SR: Triplet cytotoxic chemotherapy with gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin for advanced pancreatic cancer. Oncol Lett 10: 1204-1210, 2015
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Sohn, B.S., Yuh, Y.J., Song, H.S., Kim, B., Lee, K.H., Jang, J., & Kim, S.R. (2015). Triplet cytotoxic chemotherapy with gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin for advanced pancreatic cancer. Oncology Letters, 10, 1204-1210. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3347
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Sohn, B. S., Yuh, Y. J., Song, H. S., Kim, B., Lee, K. H., Jang, J., Kim, S. R."Triplet cytotoxic chemotherapy with gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin for advanced pancreatic cancer". Oncology Letters 10.2 (2015): 1204-1210.
Chicago
Sohn, B. S., Yuh, Y. J., Song, H. S., Kim, B., Lee, K. H., Jang, J., Kim, S. R."Triplet cytotoxic chemotherapy with gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin for advanced pancreatic cancer". Oncology Letters 10, no. 2 (2015): 1204-1210. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3347