Two patients with N3 bladder cancer successfully treated by internal iliac arterial infusion chemotherapy and irradiation: case reports.
The prognosis of patients with bladder cancer with pelvic lymph node metastasis is poor, and only 30% of them have been reported to achieve 5- and 10-year survival rates. Prognosis of the patients with pelvic lymph node metastasis larger than 5 cm (N3) is especially poor. and no patient has been reported to have survived more than 3 years. The authors report the successful treatment of two patients with pelvic N3 bladder cancer by internal iliac arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with whole-pelvis irradiation.
Department of Urology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. hoshi@uro.med.tohoku.ac.jp
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Hoshi
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Suzuki
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Shintaku
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Sato
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Kaihou
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Namima
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Ohyama
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Orikasa
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*
D004317:Doxorubicin; D016190:Carboplatin; C027260:pirarubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D008727:Methotrexate