A Comparison of the Therapeutic Effects of EP and CAP Regimen for Treatment of Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer of Older Patient

Objective To evaluate the curative effects of EP (oral Vp-16 capsule+DDP)regimen and CAP(CTX+ADM+DDP)regimen on non-small cell lung Cancer of older patient. Methods 60 cases of advanced non-small cell lung cancer were randomly divided into two groups.Each group has 30 cases. Results Response rates of EP regimen and CAP regimen were 38.8% and 33.3% respectively.There was no statistical significant difference between them (P>0.05).Gastrointestinal tract reaction and epilation reaction of CAP regimen were more serious than that of EP regimen(P<0.05).Mylos-suppression had no statistical difference between two regimens. Conclusion Both EP regimen an CAP regimen can be used as first line regimens for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer of older patient.The EP regimen is regarded as a better,convenient and tolerable regimen.