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Successful Treatment of Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder With Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin and Cisplatin Therapy

1995; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 153; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00005392-199502000-00040

1527-3792

Donavan T. Cheng, Pam Unger, Charles Forscher, Eugene M. Fine,

Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

No AccessJournal of UrologyClinical Urology: Case Report1 Feb 1995Successful Treatment of Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder With Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin and Cisplatin Therapy David Li-Wei Cheng, Pam Unger, Charles A. Forscher, and Eugene M. Fine David Li-Wei ChengDavid Li-Wei Cheng More articles by this author , Pam UngerPam Unger More articles by this author , Charles A. ForscherCharles A. Forscher More articles by this author , and Eugene M. FineEugene M. Fine More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/00005392-199502000-00040AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail A man with metastatic small cell carcinoma of the bladder who was treated with methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin therapy achieved complete remission with disease-free survival of more than 9 years. The nature of this unusual form of bladder carcinoma and the course of the disease in our case are discussed. References 1 : Extrapulmonary oat cell carcinoma. Cancer1984; 54: 1645. Google Scholar 2 : Oat cell carcinoma of urinary bladder. Urology1992; 39: 504. Google Scholar 3 : Neurosecretory granules in small cell invasive carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Cancer1981; 47: 724. Google Scholar 4 : Urinary bladder. In: Urologic Pathology. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott1992: 342. chapt. 4. Google Scholar 5 : Methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin for advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium. Efficacy and patterns of response and relapse. Cancer1989; 64: 2448. Google Scholar 6 : Small cell carcinoma of the bladder. Report of five cases with immunohistochemistry and review of the literature with evaluation of prognosis according to stage. Cancer1989; 64: 710. Google Scholar 7 : Small-cell carcinoma of the urinary tract. Important prognostic and therapeutic implications. Arch. Path. Lab Med.1993; 117: 237. Google Scholar 8 : Superiority of alternating non-cross-resistant chemotherapy in extensive small cell lung cancer. A multicenter, randomized clinical trial by the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Ann. Intern. Med.1987; 107: 451. Google Scholar 9 : Small cell carcinoma of the lung. Treatment in the community. Cancer1992; 69: 2075. Google Scholar 10 : Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. A clinicopathologic, morphometric, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of 18 cases. Cancer1989; 64: 1347. Google Scholar 11 : Successful management of small cell carcinoma of the bladder with cisplatin and etoposide. J. Urol.1989; 142: 817. Abstract, Google Scholar 12 : Concurrent chemotherapy and radiatotherapy for limited small-cell carcinoma of the lung: a Southwest Oncology Group Study. Sem. Oncol.1986; 13: 31. Google Scholar From the Departments of Urology and Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, and Department of Oncology, Cedar Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaRequests for reprints: 12 East 86th St., New York, New York 10028© 1995 by American Urological Association, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 153Issue 2February 1995Page: 417-419 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 1995 by American Urological Association, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information David Li-Wei Cheng More articles by this author Pam Unger More articles by this author Charles A. Forscher More articles by this author Eugene M. Fine More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...