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Ovarian Adenocarcinoma

CPT-11 and mitomycin C treated ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 18th, 2005

Irinotecan hydrochloride (CPT-11) and mitomycin C (MMC) were used as the first line chemotherapy for ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA).

"The purpose of this study was to report the results of adjuvant CPT-11 and MMC combination chemotherapy (CPT-M) for OCCA. Between 1996 and 2002, 20 patients with OCCA underwent primary debulking surgery and received 6 treatments of CPT-11 (140 mg/m2) in combination with MMC (7 mg/m2), 2 weeks apart with a space of 3-4 weeks between the 3rd and 4th treatment in adjuvant setting," scientists in Japan reported.

"Overall survival was compared with our historical control treated between 1983...

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