title: [Preoperative radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy in the treatment of infiltrating cancers of the bladder].
abstract: The ratio of disappearance of bladder tumors after conventional irradiation (i.e. 45 Gy) is about 30-40%. At least this is the percentage resulting from the study of specimens obtained with total cystectomy, a procedure that remains the usual treatment of these infiltrating cancers. For 30 patients (29 T3 and 1 T2), we have implemented a radio-chemotherapeutic procedure associating 24-Gy radiation to a sensitizing chemotherapy from D1 to D3 and from D15 to D17. Complete response was obtained in 75% of all patients. In one half of the cases in which the response was total, we abstained from removing the bladder, and have noted no signs of recurrence so far.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Necker, Service de Chirurgie, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chrétien
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Housset
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baillet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil
vernacular_title: Radiothérapie pré-opératoire avec chimiothérapie concomitante dans le traitement des cancers infiltrants de la vessie.