title: [Interferon and vinblastine in presumably operable metastases of renal carcinoma].
abstract: From January 1987 to December 1990, 14 consecutive patients with resectable metastases from renal cell carcinoma, underwent 3 cycles of preoperative alpha-2a Interferon (INF), 18 MUI s.c. 3 times a week, and Vinblastine (VLB), 0.15 mg/kg on day 1, every 21, days. Out of the 13 patients who completed the treatment, 4 (30.7%) achieved a clinical response (1 CR and 3 PR). Nine (69.3%) patients were submitted to surgery: all, including the CRer, had residual cancer and only 4 were radically resected. The latter were further submitted to 3 INF and VLB cycles: 2 relapsed after 7 and respectively 30 months, whilst 2 (15.4%) are alive disease-free at 12 and 52 months respectively.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Oncologia Urologica, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizzocaro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faustini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mangiarotti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nicolai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salvioni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanoni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007155:Immunologic Factors; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014747:Vinblastine
vernacular_title: Interferone e vinblastina nelle metastasi presumibilmente operabili da carcinoma renale.