EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GEMOX REGIMEN IN THE TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CARCINOMA AT HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Trịnh Lê Huy1,2,, Trần Đình Anh2
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 Hanoi Medical University Hospital

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Objectives: To evaluate the treatment results of GEMOX regimen on locally advanced and metastastic pancreatic cancer. Patients and methods: Descriptive retrospective study on 33 unresectable pancreatic cancer patients treated at National Cancer Hospital from January 2016 to July 2021. Results: The age group 41-60 was the most common group (51,5%). Most patients were male (66.7%). The total number of treatment cycle was 230 with the average number of cycles each patient was 7. Six patients had partial response (18,2%), and five patients had stable disease (15,1%). CA 19-9 serum level tends to decrease in patients with response or stable disease (p<0.05). Anemia was the most common adverse event (69.6%), followed by thrombocytopenia (37,0%), most of which were in grade 1,2. No grade 3,4 toxicity on liver or kidney was observed. Conclusion: GEMOX regimen was safe and effective in a number of patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer.

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