[Analysis of combination chemotherapy with docetaxel and nedaplatin for esophageal cancer]
Junji Kawada1, Kazuhiro Iwase, Koichi Deguchi
1Dept. of Surgery, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
Purpose:
There is no standard second line regimen for metastatic or recurrent esophageal cancer. We investigated the feasibility of combination chemotherapy with Docetaxel (DOC) and Nedaplatin (CDGP) as a second-line regimen for metastatic or recurrent esophageal cancer.
Materials And Methods:
Patients received DOC (60 mg/m2 intravenously) on day 1 and subsequently CDGP(70 mg/m2 intravenously) on day 1 of each 4-week period thereafter. We analyzed the toxicity and efficacy in 9 patients treated with combination chemotherapy with DOC and CDGP.
Result:
The observed Grade 3-4 toxicities were neutropenia and anemia. Three patients had stable disease and 6 patients had progressive disease. The median progression free survival and overall survival were 4.3 and 8.1 months, respectively.
Conclusion:
Combination chemotherapy with DOC and CDGP is considered a feasible second line regimen for metastatic or recurrent esophageal cancer.
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