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VP16-213 and cyclophosphamide in non oat cell bronchogenic carcinoma

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Thirty-two patients with by non oat cell bronchogenic carcinoma were admitted to a protocol including Cyclophosphamide (CTX) 1,000 mg/m2 i.v. day 1, VP16-213 200 mg/m2 p.o. day 1–3, every 3 weeks.

Partial remissions were seen in 2 of 27 evaluable patients; 16 of 27 showed no change. Mean survival was 36.4 weeks, median survival was 38 weeks.

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  1. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche M. Negri, Via Eritrea, 62, I-20157, Milan, Italy

    L. Morasca & S. Marsoni

  2. Sacco H. Clin. Int. Med. Univ., Via G. B. Grassi 74, I-20157, Milan, Italy

    M. Brambilla Pisoni, E. Piazza & G. Vago

  3. Ornago H., Via C. Battisti 23, I-20059, Vimercate, Italy

    W. Casali, R. Cogo, C. Bainchi & R. Scapaticci

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Morasca, L., Marsoni, S., Pisoni, M.B. et al. VP16-213 and cyclophosphamide in non oat cell bronchogenic carcinoma. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 7, 209–210 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254551

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