“…Table 1 shows the results of the chemosensitivity assays for 14 drugs tested against the three carcinoid cell lines. The IC 50 values were compared to the following individual achievable peak plasma concentrations (PPC): vinblastine 8.5 ng/ml [22], taxol 3.5±1.4 µM [23], camptothecin derivative topotecan (TPT) 65±20 nM [24], 5-FU 0.6 µM/l [25], doxorubicin 73.5±26.4 ng/ml [26], gemcitabine 50 µM [27], tamoxifen 0.4 µM [28], cisplatin 6.3 µM [29], oxaliplatin 9.1±1.25 µM [30], carboplatin 105 µM [31], mitomycin C 345±151 ng/ml [32], streptozotocin 100±10 µg/ml [33], etoposide 5.6±2.5 µg/ml [34] and dacarbazine 8.6±0.6 µg/ml [35]. UMC-11 cells exhibited marked chemoresistance against most drugs, with the exception of vinblastine, camptothecin, oxaliplatin, carboplatin, mitomycin C and dacarbazine, where IC 50 values were below PPC for the respective drugs.…”