Department of Medical Oncology, Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, UK; Department of Oncology-Haematology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Switzerland.
Department of Medical Oncology, Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, UK.
Ann Oncol. 2010 Aug;21(8):1589-1593. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdq019. Epub 2010 Feb 17.
In some institutions advanced metastatic germ-cell tumour (GCT) is treated with low-dose induction chemotherapy in specific settings. There is a lack of published data supporting its use. The data presented here specifically address this issue for the first time.
Twenty patients with metastatic GCT treated were with low-dose induction chemotherapy [Baby-BOP (bBOP)] between 1998 and 2009. We report the toxicity and outcome and compare it with a control group.
bBOP was well tolerated with no treatment-related deaths and a lack of chemotherapy-related toxicity. It was associated with a significant fall in tumour markers (median HCG fell from 35 195 to 11 028 IU/l). The first subsequent cycle of standard chemotherapy was administered a median of 9.5 days after initial treatment and was not associated with excess toxicity. The 2-year overall survival of the poor-prognosis patients treated with bBOP was 79.0% [95% confidence interval (CI) 48% to 93%], which is not significantly different from the 2-year overall survival of 80% [95% CI 55% to 92%] of the poor-prognosis patients, who did not receive bBOP.
Low-dose induction chemotherapy can be given safely in selected individuals and does not adversely affect subsequent chemotherapy or outcome.
在某些机构中,对于特定情况下的晚期转移性生殖细胞瘤(GCT),采用低剂量诱导化疗进行治疗。目前缺乏支持其使用的已发表数据。本文首次专门针对这一问题提供了相关数据。
1998 年至 2009 年间,我们对 20 例转移性 GCT 患者采用低剂量诱导化疗(Baby-BOP,bBOP)进行治疗。我们报告了毒性和结果,并与对照组进行了比较。
bBOP 耐受性良好,无治疗相关死亡,且无化疗相关毒性。它与肿瘤标志物的显著下降相关(中位数 HCG 从 35195IU/l 降至 11028IU/l)。初始治疗后,中位数为 9.5 天开始接受标准化疗的后续周期,且无额外毒性。接受 bBOP 治疗的预后不良患者的 2 年总生存率为 79.0%(95%置信区间 48%至 93%),与未接受 bBOP 治疗的预后不良患者的 2 年总生存率 80%(95%置信区间 55%至 92%)相比,无显著差异。
低剂量诱导化疗可安全地应用于特定人群,且不会对后续化疗或结果产生不利影响。