Child development. 2. Bottom shuffle, bumps and babbles.
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Fifteen patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma were treated with Baker's antifol at a dose schedule of 250 mg/m2 iv for 3 days every 3 weeks. One objective response was seen, and toxicity was minimal. No usefulness of Baker's antifol in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma was demonstrated.
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The serologic response of chickens to infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) and inclusion body hepatitis virus (IBHV) was analyzed. Inoculation at one day old with either IBDV or IBHV significantly (P less than 0.05) reduced levels of serum gamma-globulins at 4 weeks postinoculation. This response was not elicited by inoculation of IBDV together with IBHV. Birds with experimentally induced or naturally occurring hemorrhagic anemia syndrome (HAS) had serum proteins quantitatively and qualitatively changed from those of controls. Serum protein profiles did not coincide, however, in experimentally infected and naturally infected chickens. Among naturally infected chickens, those that were IBHV-positive upon culture had significantly (P less than 0.05) lower hematocrit values.
A prospective study of tamoxifen therapy in doses of 10 mg twice daily was carried out in 79 patients with advanced renal cell cancer. The objective response rate (complete response plus partial response) was 6.3% (five of 79 patients), while 34.1% (27 of 79 patients) had stable disease. Survival of this group of patients (complete response plus partial response plus stable disease) was significantly longer than that of patients with progressive disease (P less than 0.04). Also, among patients with a good performance status at the beginning of the study, survival was longer than among those with a poor performance status (P less than 0.001). No statistical significance was found in the survival of these patients according to sex (P = 0.55) or whether or not they had received previous systemic therapy (P = 0.97). Toxicity was low and acceptable. We concluded that stratification according to performance status may be used in future randomized systemic therapy protocols for patients with metastatic renal cell cancer. Also, in spite of the low response rate to hormonal therapy including tamoxifen, the use of these agents with combination chemotherapy may enhance the overall response rate without increasing side effects.