Irinotecan plus mitomycin c as second-line chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer resistant to fluoropyrimidine and cisplatin: A retrospective study

Kohei Ogawa*, Ayumu Hosokawa, Akira Ueda, Seiko Saito, Hiroshi Mihara, Takayuki Ando, Shinya Kajiura, Mitsuhiro Terada, Yuji Tsukioka, Naoki Horikawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Masayuki Note, Kunihiro Sawasaki, Junya Fukuoka, Toshiro Sugiyama

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Abstract

Background. S-1 plus cisplatin has been established to be standard first-line chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer in Japan. The optimal second-line treatment refractory to S-1 plus cisplatin remains unclear. Methods. We retrospectively studied the efficacy, toxicity, and survival of irinotecan plus mitomycin C in patients with advanced gastric cancer refractory to a fluoropyrimidine plus cisplatin. Results. Twenty-four patients were studied. Prior chemotherapy was S-1 plus cisplatin in 15 patients, S-1 plus cisplatin and docetaxel in 8, and 5-fluorouracil plus cisplatin with radiotherapy in 1. The overall response rate was 17.4%. The median overall survival was 8.6 months, and the median progression-free survival was 3.6 months. Grade 3 or 4 toxicities included leukopenia (33%), neutropenia (50%), anemia (33%), thrombocytopenia (4%), anorexia (13%), diarrhea (4%), and febrile neutropenia (13%). Conclusion. A combination of irinotecan and mitomycin C is potentially effective in patients with advanced gastric cancer refractory to a fluoropyrimidine plus cisplatin.

Original languageEnglish
Article number640401
JournalGastroenterology Research and Practice
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology

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