Whole abdominal irradiation of ovarian cancer in combined treatment with OK-432 picibanil
Morita, S.; Arai, T.; Tsunemoto, H.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 32(1): 71-75
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 3005691 Document Number: 273137
One hundred seventeen patients with postoperative ovarian cancer who were treated with whole abdominal irradiation by the open-field technique were analyzed as to the effectiveness of combined therapy with or without OK-432. OK-432, 0.2 to 2.0 (KE) (kev) daily, has been used to prevent bone marrow suppression since 1978 at NIRS. Cumulative five-year survival rates were 63.6% in the OK-432 group (37 patients) and 54.5% in the NON-OK-432 group (34 patients). The complete rates of previously arranged treatment schedules were 81% and 66% in the two groups, respectively, as we originally intended.