A clinical study of radiotherapy with HCFU for advanced and recurrent breast cancers. Radiation and HCFU Study Group for breast cancer
Okawa, T.; Ikeda, M.; Mikuriya, S.; Hashimoto, S.; Amino, S.; Horiuchi, J.; Matsuda, T.; Ebata, K.; Kaneda, K.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 31(2): 131-136
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 2985837 Document Number: 261102
We have investigated the usefulness of combination therapy with radiation and HCFU for advanced and recurrent breast cancer according to a clinical controlled multicenter trial from 1982 to 1984. One hundred cases were registered and 82 of them were available. Treatment sites were the lymph nodes, skin, bone and lung, and the overall response rate was 58% in CR and 19% in PR, while the duration of remission was 18 weeks in CR. Side effects were found in 10% of the patients. Combination therapy with radiation and HCFU may be useful in multimodal treatment for advanced recurrent breast cancer.