[Complete remission of bone metastasis of bladder cancer treated by cisplatin-etoposide therapy].
A case of bone metastasis from TCC of the bladder that attained complete remission by cisplatin-etoposide therapy was reported. The patient was a 68-year-old male, already treated with total cystectomy. At 29 months after operation, bone metastasis in left acetabulum was found. 3 courses of cisplatin-etoposide therapy were started. At 12 weeks after initiating the therapeutic regimen, the tumor mass of left acetabulum had disappeared completely on the computed tomogram.
Tanaka
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Department of Urology, Osaka Municipal Kita Hospital, Japan.
Morikawa
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Y
D000077:Acetabulum; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015653:Cystectomy; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin