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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2015

Variability in the anti-tumor effect of tegafur-uracil depending on histologic types of lung cancer.

Bo-Ram Lee, Jin-Yeong Yu, Seong-Hoon Yoon, Hee-Jung Ban, Yong-Soo Kwon, In-Jae Oh, Kyu-Sik Kim, Yu-Il Kim, Sung-Chul Lim, Young-Chul Kim

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Bo-Ram LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Jin-Yeong YuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Seong-Hoon YoonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Hee-Jung BanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Yong-Soo KwonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
In-Jae OhDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Kyu-Sik KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Yu-Il KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Chul LimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Young-Chul KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Chonnam National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTegafur-uracil (UFT) is an anticancer agent that inhibits thymidylate synthase (TS). The degree of TS expression in primary lung cancer (LC) is different according to histologic cell type. In this study, we examined the variability of the anti-tumor efficacy of UFT monotherapy depending on histological subtypes of LC.

methodsIn the current single-institution, retrospective study, we assigned the patients with LC to three histologic groups [the squamous (Sq) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)] group, the non-Sq NSCLC group and the SCLC group] and then compared the clinical response to UFT monotherapy between the three groups.

resultsOur clinical series of 149 patients include 54 cases of Sq NSCLC, 67 cases of non-Sq NSCLC and 28 cases of SCLC. For Sq NSCLC, non-Sq NSCLC and SCLC group, the overall response rates (ORRs) were 1%, 1% and 0% (P=0.522), respectively. The disease control rates (DCRs) were 38.9%, 31.3% and 10.7% (P=0.012), respectively. The median progression-free survivals (PFSs) were 2.68, 2.25 and 1.46 months (P=0.004 for three groups and P=0.773 for two groups except for the SCLC group at the log-rank test), respectively. There was no significant difference between the groups in median overall survival (OS).

conclusionsOur results indicate that the degree of the anti-tumor effect of UFT was higher in patients with NSCLC as compared with SCLC. But it showed no significant difference between the patients with Sq NSCLC and those with non-Sq NSCLC.

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5-fluorouracil (5-FU)lung cancer (LC)tegafur-uracil (UFT)thymidylate synthase (TS)

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PMID25922722
PMCPMC4387419
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