Single Dose Intravesical Thiotepa as an Adjuvant to Cystodiathermy in the Treatment of Transitional Cell Bladder Carcinoma

Autor: M. E. Mayo, P. J. R. Boyd, K. E. D. Shuttleworth, K. G. Burnand, R. W. Lloyd-Davies
Rok vydání: 1976
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Zdroj: British Journal of Urology. 48:55-59
ISSN: 1464-410X
0007-1331
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1976.tb02742.x
Popis: Tumour cell implantation may be a factor in the aetiology of recurrent well-differentiated superficial bladder tumours. A prospective trial is reported in which single dose intravesical thiotepa was administered to a group of randomly selected patients immediately after cystodiathermy. A control group of patients was treated by cystodiathermy alone and tumour recurrence in the 2 groups was compared. Significantly fewer patients in the thiotepa-treated group developed recurrent tumour and there was also a significantly reduced incidence of pure vault recurrence in this group. The beneficial effects of adjuvant thiotepa were apparent after 1 treatment. In this series of patients no benefit resulted from the continued use of adjuvant thiotepa once a patient developed a recurrent tumor.
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