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Docetaxel (Taxotere), a new semisynthetic taxoid, is a potentially important chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of cancer. Forty patients with bidimensionally measurable advanced adenocarcinoma of the colon were treated with docetaxel 100 mg m-2 every 3 weeks as a 1 h infusion without routine premedication. Thirty-nine patients were eligible: 23 males and 16 females. Median age was 60 years (range 41-75) and WHO performance status 1 (0-2). Prior adjuvant chemotherapy was performed in four patients and prior radiotherapy in nine patients. Bidimensionally measurable disease sites included: liver in 26 patients, lymph nodes and abdominal/peritoneal masses in 13, lung/mediastinal masses in ten and subcutaneous nodes in four. The median number of cycles given was 2 (range 1-15). Thirty-three patients were evaluable for response. One patient (3%) achieved a complete response and two (6%) (95% confidence limits 0-14%) a partial response. Side-effects were similar to those observed in other studies. Docetaxel, given at this dosage and schedule, has minimal activity in the treatment of colorectal carcinoma.
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Sternberg, C., Ten Bokkel Huinink, W., Smyth, J. et al. Docetaxel (TaxotereTM), a novel taxoid, in the treatment of advanced colorectal carcinoma: an EORTC Early Clinical Trials Group Study. Br J Cancer 70, 376–379 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1994.309
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