Melphalan in the Treatment of Myelomatosis
Melphalan in the Treatment of Myelomatosis
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马法兰治疗骨髓瘤病
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.1.5399.1664
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发表时间:
1964
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通讯作者:
A. Swan
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作者:
D. Speed;D. Galton;A. Swan
This paper reports the results of 33 months' trial of melphalan (p-di-(2-chloroethyl)amino-L-phenylalanine; " alkeran ") in the treatment of myelomatosis. This aromatic nitrogen mustard was synthesized by Bergel and Stock (1953). The racemic form, merphalan (sarcolysin), was synthesized in Moscow (Larionov, Khokhlov, Shkodinskaja, Vasina, Troosheikina, and Novikova, 1955). The trial started in December 1959, and 20 patients were first treated between that date and 1 March 1962. This report includes observations made up to 1 September 1962, when seven patients had died. The shortest possible period of follow-up was thus six months. Three cases (Nos. 2, 3, and 13) have been reported elsewhere (Swan, 1962). Table I shows the age and sex of the patients, the interval between the time of diagnosis and the start of melphalan therapy, the previous treatment received, the duration of observation of each patient after the start of melphalan therapy, and the number of courses of melphalan administered. The diagnosis had been established less than one year before the start of melphalan therapy in five cases, between one and two years in seven, and between two and six and three quarter years in eight. Two patients received only one course of melphalan, seven received two to five courses, 10 received 6 to 12 courses, and one received 19. One patient receiving melphalan was observed for two and a half years, six were treated for 12 to 18 months, and 13 for less than one year. Seven patients had had no previous treatment for myelomatosis, while eight had received local x-ray therapy for the relief of pain. Three of