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OBJECTIVE Promising anti-tumor activity in patients with metastatic or unresectable soft tissue sarcomas has been reported with gemcitabine and/or docetaxel.METHODS Forty patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas refractorv to first-line chemotherapv treatment were enrolled.They received:combination of gemcitabine at dose of 900 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 and docetaxel at dose of 100 mg/m2 on day 8,and had this regimen repeated every 3 weeks. If the patients had received the Delvic irradiation in advance. aemcitabine dose was reduced to 675 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 and docetaxel to 75 mg/m2 on day 8,and had it repeated every 3 weeks. RESULTS Gemcitabine/ docetaxel combination was well tolerated by the patients with an overall response of 20%.After median follow-up of 15 months, a median overall survival time was 12 months(95% CI 7.042-16.958)and a median progression free survival time was 6 months(95% CI 5.445-6.545).The most common hematologic toxicity was neutropenia(47.5%)while mucositis was the most common non- hematologic toxicity(45%).The 1-and 2-year survival rates were 50% and 15%,respectively.CONCLUSION This regimen of gemcitabine/docetaxel combination as second-line treatment for the patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas is effective with acceptable toxicities. These results should be evaluated in a large phase III trial.