etoposide/diarrhea

Clostridium difficile colitis most commonly occurs in association with antibiotic administration and infrequently with antineoplastic agents. Our patient experienced recurrent C. difficile diarrhea associated with mitoxantrone and etoposide. He received antibiotics during the 6 months, but each

UNASSIGNED This randomized phase III study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of irinotecan plus cisplatin (IP) over etoposide plus cisplatin (EP) in Korean patients with extensive-disease small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). UNASSIGNED Patients were randomly assigned to receive IP, composed

The purpose of this investigation was to assess the toxicity and activity of chronic oral etoposide in the management of children with recurrent juvenile pilocytic cerebellar astrocytomas. Twelve children with recurrent juvenile pilocytic cerebellar astrocytomas, refractory to surgical resection,

Fifteen patients with advanced gastric cancer received orally etoposide 100 mg daily for 14 days and escalating doses of tegafur. The starting dose was 400 mg daily. The maximum tolerated dose of tegafur was identified at 850 mg daily. Unacceptable toxicity was seen at 1000 mg, and consisted of

In recent years, we treated recurrent uterine endometrial cancer by combined therapy including CDDP. But in poor cases, like renal failure and such, it is difficult to perform the therapy. Two cases of recurrent uterine endometrial cancer treated earlier with MPA were presently treated with an

Gastric cancer is the most chemosensitive adenocarcinoma among digestive neoplasms. A few years ago, we performed a phase II trial with the FLEP regimen, in which fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin are combined with etoposide and cisplatin (Platinol). This regimen resulted in a 39% response rate and

A 77-year-old woman with complaints of fever and systemic lymphadenopathy was admitted to our hospital on February 16, 1995. Serum IgM was elevated to 2,097 mg/dl. Lymph node biopsy showed diffuse infiltration with lymphoplasmacytoid cells. Thus, she was diagnosed as having Waldenström's

In the present study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of the weekly combination of etoposide, leucovorin (LV) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) when administered as second-line chemotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory advanced colorectal cancer (ACC), previously treated with weekly LV+5-FU.

BACKGROUND We evaluated the efficacy and safety of the weekly combination of etoposide, leucovorin (LV) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) when administered as second-line chemotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory advanced colorectal cancer (ACC), previously treated with weekly LV +

BACKGROUND Both the biochemical modulation and the continuous administration of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) have achieved promising results in patients with gastric carcinoma. Conversely, several studies on gastric carcinoma have demonstrated that the combination of etoposide (VP-16), leucovorin (LV), and

OBJECTIVE The irinotecan-cisplatin combination has emerged as a new standard for the treatment of advanced-stage small-cell lung cancer (AS-SCLC). To move forward we developed a 3-day regimen of cisplatin, etoposide and irinotecan. METHODS Successive cohorts of AS-SCLC patients were treated with

The objective of this phase I-II study was to determine the efficacy and toxicity of combination chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, doxorubicin, methotrexate, and oral etoposide (FLAME) in patients with measurable unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer. Starting doses on the phase I

A phase II study was performed to assess the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin (LV), etoposide, and cisplatin (FLEP) in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma. A total of 46 consecutive, previously untreated patients with unresectable, measurable gastric

BACKGROUND A retrospective analysis was carried out on the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, etoposide and cisplatin (FLEP) in patients with metastatic esophageal cancer treated at our institution. METHODS Patients received intravenous 5-fluorouracil 500 mg/m2,

Fourteen patients with refractory acute non-lymphocytic leukemia were entered into a dose-seeking trial of combination therapy with etoposide and amsacrine given daily for five consecutive days. There were three complete responses lasting 2 months, 3 months, and 10 months and two transient partial