Premature labor is a cause of high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The use of tocolytics is one of the efforts to handle the risk of preterm labor. Tocolytics which are widely used in Indonesia is isoxsuprine and nifedipine. The purpose of this study was to identify the difference of effectiveness and safety of isoxsuprine as tocolytics in the risk of preterm labor. This was an observational study in the form of a case study that was done in detail and depth to the patients who were diagnosed as imminent preterm labor. In conclusion, there were differences in the effectiveness and safety of isoxsuprine and nifedipine as tocolytics in the risk of preterm labor. (FMI 2017;53:242-246)

Objective: To compare the survival and side effects in epithelial ovarian cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy of cisplatin/ cyclophosphamide and carboplatin/paclitaxel. Method: We recruited epithelial ovarian cancer patients receiving cisplatin/cyclophosphamide (group A) or carboplatin/paclitaxel (group B) adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. Chemotherapy was given for six cycles. Overall survival and side effects were assessed. Result: A total of 49 patients were recruited, consisting of 25 patients for group A and 24 patients for group B. In this study, the overall survival of stage IC-IV ovarian cancer patients was 37.3 months in group A (95%CI=31.86-43.46) and 35.5 months (95%CI= 13.93- 43.46) in group B (p