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[Randomized controlled trial of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with bestatin for gastric cancer]. 1985

T Tanaka, and T Oka, and I Hashimoto

The effectiveness of Bestatin on the prognosis of gastric cancer patients was investigated in a randomized controlled trial of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. One hundred and sixty-two cases of gastrectomized patients were divided into two groups; a Bestatin group (83 cases, 1/2MF'C [mitomycin C 2 mg and cytosine arabinoside 20 mg i.v. twice a week for 3 weeks, FT-207 400 mg/day i.v. for 3 weeks] followed by Bestatin 30 mg/day and FT-207 0.6 g/day p.o.) and a control group (79 cases, 1/2MF'C followed by FT-207 alone). No significant differences in background factors between the two groups were found. Bestatin was slightly effective in improving the three-year survival rates of gastric cancer patients, but this was not significant. However, survival rates in the Bestatin group in Stage II, curatively operated cases, and n (-) ps (+) cases were significantly higher than those of the control group during the same postoperative period. Bestatin prolonged the disease-free interval in curatively resected cases. Thus, efficacy of Bestatin in improving survival rates was observed in the early stages of disease, but it is suggested that combination a stronger chemotherapeutic regimen may be effective in advanced cases.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007930	Leucine	An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation.	L-Leucine,Leucine, L-Isomer,L-Isomer Leucine,Leucine, L Isomer
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D008937	Mitomycins	A group of methylazirinopyrroloindolediones obtained from certain Streptomyces strains. They are very toxic antibiotics used as ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS in some solid tumors. PORFIROMYCIN and MITOMYCIN are the most useful members of the group.
D011182	Postoperative Care	The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)	Care, Postoperative,Postoperative Procedures,Procedures, Postoperative,Postoperative Procedure,Procedure, Postoperative
D011379	Prognosis	A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.	Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D002986	Clinical Trials as Topic	Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.	Clinical Trial as Topic
D003561	Cytarabine	A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)	Ara-C,Arabinofuranosylcytosine,Arabinosylcytosine,Cytosine Arabinoside,Aracytidine,Aracytine,Cytarabine Hydrochloride,Cytonal,Cytosar,Cytosar-U,beta-Ara C,Ara C,Arabinoside, Cytosine,Cytosar U,beta Ara C
D005260	Female		Females