ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2005
Double-platinum chemotherapy combined with etoposide in metastatic brain tumor from small cell lung carcinoma.
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Abstract
The platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents, such as cisplatin (CDDP) and carboplatin (CBDCA), are effective for small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). However, high dose treatment of these agents required for advanced-stage SCLC is often associated with severe toxicity. The authors used combination of lower doses of both cisplatin and carboplatin combined with etoposide (VP-16) to minimize side effects of these agents. This goal was accomplished by utilizing the facts that each agent has its own toxicity that can be controlled individually. Two patients (60- and 71-year old men) with multiple metastatic brain tumors from SCLC were treated by our chemotherapeutic regimen. After fourth chemotherapy, remarkable shrinking of brain masses was associated with significant decrease the size of original lung lesions in both cases. The two patients were discharged without any side effects of the treatment, and neurological deficits subsided in both cases. Each course provided the following schedules: carboplatin 200 mg/m2 x 1 day, cisplatin 25 mg/m2 x 2 days (intravenous administration), and etoposide 25 mg oral x 14 days. After second chemotherapy, the patient of Case 1 was irradiated to both brain and chest lesions, and only to brain in Case 2. The authors concluded from our two cases that the combination of these agents extremely effective to treat this malignancy with less toxicity. We named this double platinum chemotherapy as 'PEC', abbreviated from cisplatin, etoposide, and carboplatin. m
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