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Chemotherapy for advanced and/or recurrent cervical cancer

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A combination of bleomycin, vincristine, mitomycin-C, and cisplatin was used to treat 39 patients with advanced and/or recurrent cervical cancer. Twenty patients showed an objective response (complete or partial) with a mean duration of 14.8 months. The overall response rate was 58.8%. Twelve patients are still alive and in remission 7–36 months after the start of chemotherapy. Toxicity was acceptable.

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  1. Graz University Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Head: Prof. Dr. E. Burghardt), Graz

    M. Lahousen, Hellmuth Pickel & Karl Tamussino

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Lahousen, M., Pickel, H. & Tamussino, K. Chemotherapy for advanced and/or recurrent cervical cancer. Arch. Gynecol. 240, 247–252 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02134075

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