High Dose Medroxyprogesterone-Acetate Treatment in Advanced Mammary Carcinoma: A Phase II Investigation
In a phase II investigation of high dose medroxyprogesterone treatment of advanced and previously with other methods heavily treated patient with mammary carcinoma, 7 of 25 patients had a partial remission with a median duration of 5 + months. In a further 7 patients the disease became stationary. A...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Acta oncologica 1978, Vol.17 (5), p.387-400 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In a phase II investigation of high dose medroxyprogesterone treatment of advanced and previously with other methods heavily treated patient with mammary carcinoma, 7 of 25 patients had a partial remission with a median duration of 5 + months. In a further 7 patients the disease became stationary. As measured by Karnofsky's scale, a median improvement of 20 points was obtained in these 14 patients. In 4 of 15 patients who had not responded to Tamoxifen treatment, a partial remission occurred following MAP therapy. The patients tolerated MAP well. |
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ISSN: | 0284-186X 0348-5196 1651-226X |
DOI: | 10.3109/02841867809128249 |