title: A case for preoperative chemotherapy in advanced urothelial cancer of the upper urinary tract.
abstract: A case of a 36-year-old male patient with a metastatic renal pelvic tumor is presented. Preoperative systemic chemotherapy with cis-platinum and methotrexate induced tumor regression. After radical nephroureterectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy the patient is without any evidence of disease 1 year later.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011292:Premedication
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin; D008727:Methotrexate