A study of drug efficacy in the treatment of ovarian cancer.

Abstract

One hundred and nine cases of common epithelial ovarian cancer treated in our department during the past decade were entered into this study, which dealt with direct therapeutic effects and prognosis, comparing the groups administered cisplatin with those administered other anticancer drugs. 1) In 38 patients with measurable lesions, high response rates were achieved through the administration of anticancer drugs containing cisplatin in both the primary cancer and recurrent cancer groups. 2) Preventive chemotherapy was performed in patients in whom complete surgery was achieved at the initial operation. No significant difference in prognosis was observed through the administration of cisplatin and other anticancer drugs. 3) In patients in whom reduction surgery was carried out to the maximum possible degree at the initial operation, an improvement in prognosis was observed through the administration of cisplatin. These results imply that a cisplatin-based regimen should be aggressively used, except in cases that underwent complete debulking surgery.