RESPUESTA A LA QUIMIOTERAPIA ADYUVANTE POST-CISTECTOMÍA EN PACIENTES CON TUMOR DE VEJIGA INFILTRANTE: ANÁLISIS DE 397 CASOS

J. I. Monzó Gardiner, F. Herránz Amo, R. Cabello Benavente, R. Díez Cordero, I. López Díez, J. Tabares Jiménez, R. Molina Escudero, E. Paños Facundo, C. Hernández Fernández

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Archivos Españoles de Urología ›› 2009, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (4) : 275-282. DOI: 10.4321/S0004-06142009000400002
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RESPUESTA A LA QUIMIOTERAPIA ADYUVANTE POST-CISTECTOMÍA EN PACIENTES CON TUMOR DE VEJIGA INFILTRANTE: ANÁLISIS DE 397 CASOS

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OBJECTIVES: To define the usefulness of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with pT2, pN0, pT3-4, pN0 and pN+ disease.METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 397 patients with transitional bladder cancer who underwent radical cys-tectomy between 1986 and 2005. Adjuvant chemo-therapy was administered to 40.2% of patients. Three cycles of adjuvant MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin) were given.RESULTS: In patients with pT3, pN0 (p=0.04) and/or N+ stages (p=0.001), adjuvant chemotherapy signifi-cantly improved cancer-specific survival, which did not occur in pT2N0 (p=0.9) and pT4, pN0 (p=0.6) pa-tients. In the univariate analysis, adjuvant chemotherapy was significantly associated with a lower cancer-speci-fic survival rate (RR 1.452 95% CI: 1.028- 2.057 p= 0.03), while the multivariate analysis showed a trend (RR: 0.651 95% CI 0.398-1.065, p=0.08) towards a decrease in cancer-specific mortality.CONCLUSIONS: Although adjuvant chemotherapy was not shown to improve survival in patients with pT0-2, pN0 and pT4, pN0 disease, it did increase survival in those with extravesical disease, pathological state T3, pN0 and/or pN+. Considering its tendency to im-prove cancer-specific survival, adjuvant chemotherapy may be considered as a “protective factor” (RR=0.651, p=0.08).

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Bladder cancer / Cystectomy / Chemotherapy

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J. I. Monzó Gardiner , F. Herránz Amo , R. Cabello Benavente , R. Díez Cordero , I. López Díez , J. Tabares Jiménez , R. Molina Escudero , E. Paños Facundo , C. Hernández Fernández. RESPUESTA A LA QUIMIOTERAPIA ADYUVANTE POST-CISTECTOMÍA EN PACIENTES CON TUMOR DE VEJIGA INFILTRANTE: ANÁLISIS DE 397 CASOS. Archivos Españoles de Urología. 2009, 62(4): 275-282 https://doi.org/10.4321/S0004-06142009000400002

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