Epirubicin in non-Hodgkinʼs lymphomas
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in American Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 8 (2) , 151-153
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000421-198504000-00008
Abstract
Epirubicin (Epi-DX), a new analog of doxorubicin, was administered I.V. once q 3 weeks at the dose of 90 mg/m2 to 20 evaluable patients with non-Hodgkin''s lymphomas (NHL). Eighty-two percent of patients with favorable histology and 67% with unfavorable histology achieved complete or partial remissions, with an overall response rate of 75%. Gastrointestinal and hematologic toxicity was generally mild to moderate. Reversible ST-T changes were observed only in two patients. Epi-DX has high activity in patients with NHL, and further studies in combination with other agents are recommended.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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