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Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination chemotherapy with vinorelbine and cisplatin in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer resisting to anthracycline and taxane.Methods 20 patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer were given following regimen:Vinorelbine 25mg/m2 was given intraveniously in day 1 and day 8,cisplatin 75mg/m2 was given intraveniously in day 1 or 25mg/m2 was given intraveniously in day1 to day 3,repeated every 3 weeks.Evaluation of response and adverse reactions were practiced every 2 cycles.Results 20 patients were evaluable,among them,2 cases reach CR,8 cases PR,4 cases SD and 6 cases PD,with a median followup of 6 months(4 ～ 18months),16 patients survived and 4 patients died.The median time to progression and the median survival time was 5 months(3 ～ 15 months) and 8 months(4 ～ 18 months) respectively.The treatment well tolerated,The main toxicity was myelosuppression and gastrointestinal reaction with WHO grade Ⅲ～Ⅳ gastrointestinal reaction,neutropena and thrombocytopenia being in 25% 、65% and 10% .Conclusion The regimen of NP is safe and effective in treating advanced metastatic breast cancer resisting to anthracycline and taxane.In addition,it was able to improve survival rate and adverse reactions could be tolerated.
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Objective: To investigate the effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) and 5-fluorouracil(5-Fu) on human colon carcinoma LOVO cells in vitro. Methods: The LOVO cells during exponential growth stage were harvested and divided into control group,GH group, 5-Fu group and GH + 5-Fu group. According to the dose of GH, the GH group was separated into two sub-groups(50 ng/mL and 100 ng/mL) and the GH +5-Fu group was separated into two sub-groups. With different concentrations of rhGH and/or 5-Fu , the cell survive rates were analyzed by MTT assay after 24 h , 48 h and 72 h and cell cycle and proliferation index (PI) were analyzed by flow cytometry after 24 h. Results: Compared with the control group, the survive rates in 5-Fu and GH +5-Fu groups were decreased significantly (P 0. 05). Conclusion-. rhGH does not stimulate the LOVO cells proliferation in vitro, and its use is safe when combined with 5-fluorouracil.