title: Durable complete remission of metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder with cisplatin and gemcitabine in an 80-year-old man.
abstract: A patient with a durable, complete, local and pulmonary remission of a metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder treated with gemcitabine and cisplatin is presented. Sarcomatoid carcinoma arising in the bladder is a rare and notoriously aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma for which an effective systemic treatment has not been reported up to now.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Clinics "Carl Gustav Carus," Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Froehner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gaertner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manseck
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000093542:Gemcitabine
chemical_list: D003841:Deoxycytidine; D002945:Cisplatin; D000093542:Gemcitabine