title: [Sequential combination chemotherapy with vinblastine/bleomycin and adriamycin/cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum (II) in non-seminomatous testicular cancer. II. Long-term results of a study with 140 patients with retroperitoneal disease (stage II) (author's transl)].
abstract: Following orchiectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RND) 140 patients with stage II non-seminomatous testicular cancer were treated by sequential combination chemotherapy consisting of vinblastine/bleomycin and adriamycin/cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) (DDP), plus/minus radiotherapy. 68 stage IIA-patients (complete RND and normal tumor-markers thereafter) received 6 courses of chemotherapy, followed by radiotherapy in 35 patients. 40 stage IIB-patients (minor residual disease after RND or elevated tumor-markers after RND) and 32 stage IIC-patients (advanced residual disease after RND) were treated by at least 12 chemotherapy courses and optional intermittent radiotherapy and/or relaparotomy. In stage IIA and IIB disease the actuarial 4-year survival rates were between 80 and 100%. These favourable results were not significantly influenced by additional radiotherapy and corresponded to the survival rates for 34 stage I-patients. For stage IIC-patients the prognosis was significantly worse with a 12% 4-year survival rate.
mesh_terms: D001761:Bleomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin
vernacular_title: Sequentiell alternierende Chemotherapie nicht-seminomatöser Hodentumoren mit Velbe/Bleomycin und Adriamycin/Cisplatin. II. Langzeit-Ergebnisse einer Studie bei 140 Patienten mit retroperitonealer Metastasierung (Stadium II).