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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of nedaplatin combined with tegafur in the treatment for patients with advanced esophageal cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Among the 65 patients with advanced esophageal cancer, 27 had no history of prior chemotherapy and the other 38 had ever received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy before. The median age of those cases was 58.0 years. Nedaplatin was given daily by intravenous infusion at a dose of 20 mg/m(2) for 2 hours and tegafur at a dose of 500 mg/m(2) for 8 hours on D1 approximately D5, every 21 days as a cycle.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>193 cycles of chemotherapy were accomplished in the 65 patients, and 63 patients were evaluable for response evaluation. Of 27 patients with no prior history of chemotherapy, 6 achieved complete response and 16 partial response, with a response rate (CR + PR) of 81.5%. Among the 36 patients who had ever received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, 6 obtained complete response and 10 partial response with a response rate (CR + PR) of 44.4%. The overall median time to tumor progression in this series was 5.6 months. The overall median actuarial survival was 9.3 months, and the one-year survival rate was 24.9%. Nausea and vomiting were the major toxicities, but were mild and well tolerable. Grade 3 to 4 neutropenia was only observed in two patients (3.2%).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The regimen of nedaplatin combined with tegafur is effective and tolerable for the treatment of advanced esophageal cancer.</p>
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Adenocarcinoma , Drug Therapy , Pathology , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols , Therapeutic Uses , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell , Drug Therapy , Pathology , Esophageal Neoplasms , Drug Therapy , Pathology , Follow-Up Studies , Nausea , Neoplasm Staging , Neutropenia , Organoplatinum Compounds , Remission Induction , Survival Rate , Tegafur , VomitingABSTRACT
Extraction, purification and determination methods of glycyrrhizic acid in Licorice are surveyed in this paper. The extracting efficiency of dilute ethanol solvent for glycyrrhizic acid is higher than water extraction, and ammonia appended to ethanol solution can increase the effect of extraction. Ultrasound method, microwave-assisted method and supercritical CO2 fluid extraction are more effective than the conventional techniques, due to the short extraction time, low consumption of solution and energy. The modem analytical methods such as TLCs, HPLC and CE can determine the content of glycyrrhizic acid rapidly and exactly.