TY - JOUR
T1 - A retrospective study of UFT and oral leucovorin plus PSK combination adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage III colon cancer
AU - Tomizawa, Kenji
AU - Kumamoto, Tsutomu
AU - Hanaoka, Yutaka
AU - Toda, Shigeo
AU - Moriyama, Jin
AU - Matoba, Shuichiro
AU - Kuroyanagi, Hiroya
AU - Hashimoto, Masaji
AU - Udagawa, Harushi
AU - Watanabe, Goro
AU - Sawada, Toshihito
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Objective: To perform a retrospective analysis of UFT and oral leucovorin plus PSK combination adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer in order to evaluate both treatment efficacy and toxicity. Subjects: Between 2003 and 2009, 273 stage III colon cancer patients underwent surgery in our institute, and we studied 156 of them. Results: Patients' median age was 72 years old; 87 men and 69 women. Of all patients, 119 had stage IIIa and 37 had stage IIIb. The 3-year disease, free survival rates for stage III, stage IIIa and stage IIIb patients were 73.9% and 80.6% and 51.4%, respectively, and the 3-year overall survival rates for stage III was 97.6%. With regard to toxicity, liver function disorder was observed in 9.6% of the patients as the most frequent adverse event, but there was no grade 3 or 4 toxicity. Conclusion: UFT and oral leucovorin plus PSK combination adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer showed a good response especially for stage IIIa.
AB - Objective: To perform a retrospective analysis of UFT and oral leucovorin plus PSK combination adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer in order to evaluate both treatment efficacy and toxicity. Subjects: Between 2003 and 2009, 273 stage III colon cancer patients underwent surgery in our institute, and we studied 156 of them. Results: Patients' median age was 72 years old; 87 men and 69 women. Of all patients, 119 had stage IIIa and 37 had stage IIIb. The 3-year disease, free survival rates for stage III, stage IIIa and stage IIIb patients were 73.9% and 80.6% and 51.4%, respectively, and the 3-year overall survival rates for stage III was 97.6%. With regard to toxicity, liver function disorder was observed in 9.6% of the patients as the most frequent adverse event, but there was no grade 3 or 4 toxicity. Conclusion: UFT and oral leucovorin plus PSK combination adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer showed a good response especially for stage IIIa.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 22504680
AN - SCOPUS:84862561677
SN - 0385-0684
VL - 39
SP - 571
EP - 575
JO - Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy
JF - Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy
IS - 4
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