No abstract available.
Doxorubicin* ; Drug Therapy* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

No abstract available.
Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

PURPOSE: To determine the prognostic value of pre- treatment serum LDH levels and the LDH isoenzyme pattern for non-small cell lung cancer, and to determine the relationship between the response to chemotherapy and the changes in serum LDH levels following chemotherapy MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with pathologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer were entered onto this study. Their serum LDH levels were assessed prior to chemotherapy, with the LDH isoenzyme being assessed in patients with high initial serum LDH levels. The serum LDH levels were re-assessed following 2 cycles of chemotherapy. The relationship between the response to chemotherapy, pre-treatment serum LDH levels and LDH isoenzyme pattern and the changes in serum LDH levels, following chemotherapy, were evaluated. RESULTS: 49 patients were entered onto this study. The pre-treatment serum LDH levels were normal in 26 patients, and elevated in 23. The LDH isoenzyme was evaluated in 15 patients, with LDH2 being elevated the most frequently. The response rate to chemotherapy was 42.9% in all 42 patients able to be evaluated, 45.8% in patients with normal serum LDH levels and 41.2% in patients with elevated serum LDH levels. This difference was not statistically significant (p=0.767). The median survival was 37 weeks in all patients able to be evaluated, 38 weeks in those with normal serum LDH levels and 31 weeks in those with elevated serum LDH levels. These differences were not statistically significant (p=0.202). The patients with normal serum LDH levels following chemotherapy were more responsive to chemotherapy than those with elevated serum LDH levels following chemotherapy (response rate 51.4% vs. 0%, p=0.027). CONCLUSION: The LDH2 are most commonly elevated in non small cell lung cancer patients. The pre-treatment serum LDH levels do not reflect the prognosis accurately. The serum LDH levels following chemotherapy are associated with the response to chemotherapy.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* ; Drug Therapy ; Humans ; Oxidoreductases* ; Prognosis ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

No abstract available.
Cyclophosphamide* ; Doxorubicin* ; Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Etoposide* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

No abstract available.
Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Necrosis* ; Radiotherapy* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

No abstract available.
Drug Therapy* ; Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* ; Drug Therapy* ; Hope*

Radiation therapy has played a key role, together with surgery and systemic chemotherapy, in treating in all stages of non-small cell lung cancer. We have witnessed remarkable improvements in radiation therapy techniques, with the innovations in hardware and software. Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy, which can deliver high radiation dose focused to small target volume, represents one of the state-of-the-art radiation therapy techniques. The technical development of radiation therapy and the role of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy in treating inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer are briefly reviewed.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* ; Drug Therapy ; Radiotherapy ; Stereotaxic Techniques

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* ; Drug Therapy, Combination*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of the combination therapy of paclitaxel and cisplatin in advanced, non-small cell, lung cancer patients MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between December 1997 and September 2001, 37 patients with advanced, non-small cell, lung cancer were enrolled in this study. Patients were treated with paclitaxel (135 mg/m2, 24 hr infusion) and cisplatin (75 mg/m2). The treatments were repeated every 4 weeks. RESULTS: Among the 37 patients enrolled, 21 were treated with paclitaxel and cisplatin as a first-line and 16 patients as a second-line. The median age of the patients was 59. In the first-line group, 10 had stage IIIB and 11 had stage IV, non small cell lung cancer. Of 21 patients in first-line treatment group that could be evaluated, objective responses were observed in 6 patients (response rate: 28.6%, CR: 4.8%, PR: 23.8%). The mediansurvival duration for patients was 48 weeks. With the second-line group, 3 patients showed a partial response (response rate: 18.7%) to treatment, with median survival duration of 44 weeks. Grade 3-4 leukopenia was observed in 27.1% of the first-line, and 23.6% in second- line, treatment groups. CONCLUSION: Combination chemotherapy, with paclitaxel and cisplatin, in non-small cell lung cancer has acceptable toxicities in both first and second-line treatment groups. In terms of efficacy, no superior response was shown for either group. More randomized studies, with a larger group of patients, are required to prove the true efficacy.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* ; Cisplatin* ; Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Humans ; Leukopenia ; Lung Neoplasms ; Paclitaxel* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma