Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
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To develop a psychometrically sound patient-satisfaction-with-physician questionnaire that can be used in an outpatient oncology setting. ⋯ The PMH/PSQ-MD is an outpatient satisfaction questionnaire specific to the patient-physician interaction that has shown excellent internal consistency, is feasible, and has strong support for validity in this oncology population.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Phase III clinical trial of the combination of cisplatin, dacarbazine, and carmustine with or without tamoxifen in patients with advanced malignant melanoma.
A prospective randomized phase III clinical trial was conducted to assess whether the addition of tamoxifen (TAM) to the three-agent regimen of cisplatin (CDDP), dacarbazine (DTIC), and carmustine (BCNU) significantly increased the progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with advanced malignant melanoma. ⋯ The addition of TAM to this three-agent regimen of CDB was not found to provide a meaningful clinical advantage in the treatment of patients with advanced malignant melanoma.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Monitoring treatment and survival in chronic myeloid leukemia. Italian Cooperative Study Group on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Italian Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation.
To monitor treatment results and survival in chronic myeloid leukemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (alloBMT) and the introduction of interferon alpha (IFNalpha). ⋯ Any policy of standard alloBMT was associated with significantly longer survival compared with conventional CHT, irrespective of age and risk. When the comparison was made with IFNalpha therapy, a policy of standard alloBMT, including early transplantation, was found to increase survival only in those patients who were younger or at intermediate or high risk.
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) from HLA-identical siblings can be used to treat children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, a significant proportion of patients with ALL who undergo HSCT relapse. For this reason, we prospectively evaluated a preparative regimen that included total body irradiation (TBI), thiotepa (TT), and cyclophosphamide (CY) in patients with high-risk ALL in first complete remission (CR) and in children with ALL in second CR. ⋯ These data suggest that TT is an effective cytotoxic drug that can be safely added to the classical TBI-CY regimen. Because of its cell cycle-independent action, good CNS diffusion, and limited extramedullary toxicity, TT may contribute to increasing the percentage of children with ALL who are successfully cured with allogeneic BMT.
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To determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD), dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), and pharmacokinetics of 9-aminocamptothecin (9-AC) in a colloidal dispersion (CD) formulation administered as a 30-minute intravenous (IV) infusion over 5 consecutive days every 3 weeks. ⋯ 9-AC CD administered as a 30-minute IV infusion daily times 5 every three weeks is safe and feasible. The recommended phase II dose is 1. 1 mg/m(2)/d.