Gemcitabine in metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma of the ...

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with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) to evaluate the tumour ... Conclusions: Gemcitabine has moderate activity in NPC with minimal toxicity, and is ...
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Annals of Oncology 13: 150–156, 2002 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdf002

Gemcitabine in metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma of the undifferentiated type K.-F. Foo1, E.-H. Tan1*, S.-S. Leong1, J. T. S. Wee2, T. Tan2, K.-W. Fong2, L. Koh3, B.-C. Tai4, L.-G. Lian2,4 & D. Machin3,4 1

Department of Medical Oncology, 2Department of Therapeutic Radiology, 3Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore; 4National Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit, Singapore Received 10 April 2001; revised 3 August 2001; accepted 20 August 2001

Background: We conducted two parallel phase II trials in chemonaïve and previously treated patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) to evaluate the tumour response, progression-free and overall survival, and toxicity of gemcitabine. Patients and methods: Gemcitabine 1250 mg/m2 was given on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle. Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 100 000/mm3), adequate renal function (serum creatinine level

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