RECOVERY OF RESPONSE TO ADRIAMYCIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE BY LONIDAMINE IN PREVIOUSLY TREATED METASTATIC BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS

  • Authors:
    • M TOMIROTTI
    • G BERNARDO
    • C EPIFANI
    • R BIASIOLI
    • R FRANCHI
    • F MENSI
    • P CARNAGHI
    • G SCHIEPPATI
    • A SCANNI
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  • Published online on: August 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.2.213
  • Pages: 213-217
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Abstract

Thirty-one patients with metastatic breast cancer not responding or progressing after initial response to adriamycin + cyclophosphamide (AC) treatment entered a phase 11 study with oral lonidamine in association to AC. Objective clinical responses were observed in 10 patients (32%) and consisted of 1 complete + 9 partial remissions. Disease stability and progression were observed in 8 and 13 cases, respectively. These results were obtained with a marginal toxicity in addition to that already reported for AC therapy, the main additional side effect being myalgia, which was easily manageable in most cases.

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TOMIROTTI M, BERNARDO G, EPIFANI C, BIASIOLI R, FRANCHI R, MENSI F, CARNAGHI P, SCHIEPPATI G and SCANNI A: RECOVERY OF RESPONSE TO ADRIAMYCIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE BY LONIDAMINE IN PREVIOUSLY TREATED METASTATIC BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS. Int J Oncol 3: 213-217, 1993
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TOMIROTTI, M., BERNARDO, G., EPIFANI, C., BIASIOLI, R., FRANCHI, R., MENSI, F. ... SCANNI, A. (1993). RECOVERY OF RESPONSE TO ADRIAMYCIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE BY LONIDAMINE IN PREVIOUSLY TREATED METASTATIC BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS. International Journal of Oncology, 3, 213-217. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.2.213
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TOMIROTTI, M., BERNARDO, G., EPIFANI, C., BIASIOLI, R., FRANCHI, R., MENSI, F., CARNAGHI, P., SCHIEPPATI, G., SCANNI, A."RECOVERY OF RESPONSE TO ADRIAMYCIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE BY LONIDAMINE IN PREVIOUSLY TREATED METASTATIC BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS". International Journal of Oncology 3.2 (1993): 213-217.
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TOMIROTTI, M., BERNARDO, G., EPIFANI, C., BIASIOLI, R., FRANCHI, R., MENSI, F., CARNAGHI, P., SCHIEPPATI, G., SCANNI, A."RECOVERY OF RESPONSE TO ADRIAMYCIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE BY LONIDAMINE IN PREVIOUSLY TREATED METASTATIC BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS". International Journal of Oncology 3, no. 2 (1993): 213-217. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.2.213