“…However, results of lonidamine phase II trials in breast cancer and other malignancies (Evans et al, 1984;Barduagni et al, 1984;Kokron et al, 1984) are of interest mainly because of the unique mode of action and toxicity of the drug, which suggest the potential for combination with radiotherapy (Hahn et al, 1984;Magno et al, 1984), hyperthermia (Silvestrini et al, 1983;Chitnis & Adwankar, 1986) and chemotherapy (Pacilio et al, 1984;Battelli et al, 1984). Until now, few controlled clinical trials of the combination of lonidamine with chemotherapy have been carried out in non-small cell lung cancer (Breau et al, 1988;Gallo Curcio et al, 1987), malignant glioma (Carapella et al, 1988) and bladder carcinoma (Giannotti et al, 1984).…”