title: Comparison of single agent cisplatin and cisplatin containing combinations in treatment of murine bladder cancer.
abstract: Using the FANFT-induced tumors MBT-2 and MBT-683 we compared the response rate and survival using cisplatin alone and in various combinations with doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), mitomycin C, methotrexate, and vinblastine. Sixty C3H/He female mice received 7.5 x 10(4) MBT-2 cells in the right hind limb. The animals were randomly divided into a control group and four treatment groups as follows: cisplatin, 6.0 mg/kg; cisplatin, 2.0 mg/kg, vinblastine, and methotrexate; cisplatin, 2.0 mg/kg, vinblastine, methotrexate, and doxorubicin hydrochloride; and cisplatin, 2.0 mg/kg, vinblastine, methotrexate, and mitomycin C. The drugs were given intraperitoneally on days 7, 14, and 21. The study was repeated using MBT-683. Drug effect on tumor diameter and survival were compared. Cisplatin alone was as effective in MBT-2 and more effective in MBT-683 in reducing tumor volume and increasing survival than the various combinations. The higher tolerable dose of cisplatin used as a single agent probably accounts for these results and suggests that cisplatin is the most effective agent in these combination therapy regimens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005200:FANFT; D005260:Female; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D005200:FANFT; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D008727:Methotrexate