title: Combination chemotherapy with cisplatin and VM-26 in advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
abstract: Forty-one evaluable patients with bidimensionally measurable metastases of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder were treated with cisplatin 70 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1 and VM-26 100 mg/m2 i.v. on days 1 and 2, every 3 weeks. Response was evaluated after 2 treatment cycles. Complete response (CR) was achieved in 4 patients (10%) and partial response (PR) in 17 (41%). The median response duration was 6 months. In this group of previously untreated patients the combination of cisplatin and VM-26 did not appear to yield better response rates than would be expected from cisplatin alone.
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013713:Teniposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D013713:Teniposide; D002945:Cisplatin