Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Cancer Res Treat. 2004 Apr;36(2):140-5. doi: 10.4143/crt.2004.36.2.140. Epub 2004 Apr 30.
The combination of cisplatin, epirubicin, leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil (PELF) administration, as adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection for gastric cancer, was compared with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) administration alone. This paper reports the results of a prospective randomized comparison of the two regimens, PELF and 5-FU.
From August 1996 to July 1999, 54 patients were selected subsequent to being diagnosed with stage III cancer after a curative resection for gastric cancer. The patients were stratified according to stage IIIA/IIIB and subtotal/total gastrectomy, and then they were randomized into each treatment group, i.e. the PELF or 5-FU alone groups.
54 assessable patients were enrolled in this study: 28 received PELF and 26 received 5-FU alone. 12 patients relapsed in each group and the median follow-up duration was 42 months (range: 10 approximately 77 months). The overall survival rate and disease-free survival rate (DFS) were not significantly different between two groups, (5-year survival of PELF vs. 5-FU: 57% vs. 64%, 5-year DFS: 54% vs. 51%). The PELF combination was more toxic in terms of anemia, anorexia, nausea and diarrhea than the 5-FU.
This study showed that the PELF combination, as an adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer after a curative resection, was a less effective treatment, and it had more toxic effects than the 5-FU.
与单独使用氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)相比,顺铂、表柔比星、亚叶酸和 5-氟尿嘧啶(PELF)联合用于根治性切除术后胃癌的辅助化疗。本文报告了两种方案(PELF 和 5-FU)的前瞻性随机比较结果。
从 1996 年 8 月到 1999 年 7 月,选择了 54 名经根治性胃切除术后诊断为 III 期癌症的患者。根据 IIIA/IIIB 期和胃大部/全胃切除术对患者进行分层,然后将他们随机分为每组治疗组,即 PELF 或 5-FU 单独组。
这项研究纳入了 54 名可评估的患者:28 名患者接受了 PELF 治疗,26 名患者接受了 5-FU 单独治疗。每组有 12 名患者复发,中位随访时间为 42 个月(范围:10-77 个月)。两组的总生存率和无病生存率(DFS)无显著差异,(PELF 与 5-FU 的 5 年生存率:57% vs. 64%,5 年 DFS:54% vs. 51%)。与 5-FU 相比,PELF 联合方案在贫血、厌食、恶心和腹泻方面毒性更大。
本研究表明,PELF 联合方案作为根治性切除术后胃癌的辅助治疗,疗效较差,毒性作用大于 5-FU。