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Results of adjuvant chemotherapy for invasive uroepithelial cancer.

Abstract
Between June 1982 and July 1990, 55 patients (41 with bladder cancers and 14 with renal pelvic or ureteral cancers) who had undergone radical extirpative surgery and/or node dissection for pathological stage pT2-4 and/or nodal disease received adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin alone or in combination with other agents. In all, 26 of the bladder-cancer patients also received preoperative chemotherapy consisting of arterial infusion of cisplatin, mitomycin C, and Adriamycin. Adjuvant chemotherapy was performed according to the following protocol. Between June 1982 and July 1987, 30-50 mg/m2 cisplatin either alone or in combination with Adriamycin and 5-fluorouracil (CAF) was given to 35 patients in an induction and maintenance setting for 1 year. After July 1987, short-course cisplatin (70 mg/m2) or cisplatin, etoposide, and Adriamycin combination chemotherapy (CVA) was given to 20 patients. Of the 55 patients, 38 are alive and show no evidence of disease, three are alive with disease, 13 have died of their disease, and 1 has died of an unrelated cause. The 5-year survival of all patients was 65.1%. The survival of the 20 patients who were treated after July 1987 was better than that of the 35 patients who were treated before June 1987. Local recurrence and/or distant dissemination occurred in 16 patients, 13 of whom died of cancer progression. Nausea and vomiting and anorexia occurred in most patients during the administration of cisplatin. Mild to moderate myelosuppression developed in patients who received CAF or CVA combination chemotherapy. Although adjuvant chemotherapy combined with radical surgery seemed to be effective in cases with a pathological stage of pT3a or less, more intensive pre- or postoperative chemotherapy is needed to improve the poor prognosis of patients with deeply invasive uroepithelial cancer.
AuthorsY Uekado, A Hirano, T Shinka, T Ohkawa
JournalCancer chemotherapy and pharmacology (Cancer Chemother Pharmacol) Vol. 30 Suppl Pg. S55-8 ( 1992) ISSN: 0344-5704 [Print] Germany
PMID1394819 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Mitomycin
  • Etoposide
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil
Topics
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Cisplatin (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Doxorubicin (administration & dosage)
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Etoposide (administration & dosage)
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil (administration & dosage)
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Kidney Neoplasms (drug therapy, surgery)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitomycin (administration & dosage)
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local (mortality)
  • Survival Rate
  • Ureteral Neoplasms (drug therapy, surgery)
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms (drug therapy, surgery)

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