1989
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1989.327
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Treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma with dacarbazine, vindesine and cisplatin

Abstract: Summary Twenty-seven patients with disseminated malignant melanoma were treated monthly with cisplatin (CDDP) 120 mg m 2 on day 1, vindesine (VDS) 3 mg m-2 on day 2 and dacarbazine (DTIC) 250 mg m-2 on days 2-6. None of them had received prior chemotherapy. All patients are evaluable for response and toxicity.There were five (19%) complete (CR) and seven (26%) partial (PR) responses for a total response rate of 45%. We conclude that the combination of DTIC, VDS and CDDP is capable of producing a relatively hig… Show more

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“…4) Therefore, we administered dacarbazine, the most common chemotherapeutic agent currently used for melanoma, in combination with cisplatin, vindesine, and interferon-b every other month according to the treatment regimen for advanced malignant melanoma. 18,24) Eleven courses of this chemoimmunotherapy were administered. Our patient manifested no further clinical deterioration until 2 years after the onset of symptoms.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4) Therefore, we administered dacarbazine, the most common chemotherapeutic agent currently used for melanoma, in combination with cisplatin, vindesine, and interferon-b every other month according to the treatment regimen for advanced malignant melanoma. 18,24) Eleven courses of this chemoimmunotherapy were administered. Our patient manifested no further clinical deterioration until 2 years after the onset of symptoms.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has applications for metastatic malignant melanoma, hodgkin lymphoma, sarcoma and islet cell carcinoma of the pancreas. 201 Azathioprine is a prodrug of mercaptopurine that has applications for the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 202 Moreover, 2-nitroimidazoles (misonidazole, etanidazole and pimonidazole) act as radiosensitizers of hypoxic tumor cells.…”
Section: Market Status Of Imidazole-based Anticancer Drugsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Die beim Melanom im Stadium IV evaluierten Polychemotherapieschemata umfassten drei bis vier Chemotherapeutika und beinhalteten jeweils die Gabe von Dacarbazin (Tabelle 7) [23,27,31,32,45,51,70,95,108,117,124]. Im Vergleich zur Monotherapie wurden durch die Kombination verschiedener Chemotherapeutika signifikant höhere Ansprechraten bis ca.…”
Section: Polychemotherapieunclassified