title: [Value of adjuvant chemotherapy in infiltrating tumors of the bladder].
abstract: Two populations of patients with invasive epithelial bladder carcinoma are considered. Group A includes 26 patients with P greater than or equal to 2 MO lesions who, prospectively, received adjuvant postoperative chemotherapy with methotrexate, adriamycin, 5 fluoro-uracil and cisplatinum. Group B includes 24 patients treated in the same institution but without chemotherapy. In group A, 6 patients died from distant metastases. One death was not related to disease progression. The 3-year-disease-free survival rate is 67.7%. Acceptability and tolerance of chemotherapy are satisfactory. In group B, a retrospective analysis after the same radiosurgical approach found in one patient a regional recurrence leading to death 5 years after diagnosis. Twenty patients died from distant metastases. The 3-year-disease-free survival rate is 18.5%. No treatment related deaths occurred in either group. Although biased selection in such conditions is inevitable, the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy looks rather impressive and encouraging.
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil; D008727:Methotrexate
vernacular_title: Intérêt d'une chimiothérapie adjuvante dans les tumeurs infiltrantes de la vessie.