[Successful chemotherapy with a docetaxel regimen for primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder-a case report]

Autor: Keita, Tagami, Shigeru, Tanda, Yohei, Satake, Akira, Takeuchi, Yuko, Abe, Takashige, Namima, Hiroaki, Kusunose, Mitsuhisa, Muto, Hiroshi, Nagura
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancerchemotherapy. 39(11)
ISSN: 0385-0684
Popis: Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the bladder is rare and has a poor prognosis. In addition, there are few successful chemotherapies for it. We report a case of chemotherapy with a docetaxel regimen which was efficacious in a 64-year-old Japanese man suffering from the disease. The onset of bilateral hydronephrosis led to the detection of his bladder tumor, and its pathological diagnosis was signet-ring cell carcinoma(immunohistochemistry showed cytokeratin 7+/20±). He was treated with chemotherapy rather than with surgery because the tumor invaded the abdominal wall and groin. To treat his disease, we performed 2 courses of a chemotherapy regimen comprised of S-1 and cisplatin, but it was not efficacious. We chose docetaxel as a second-line chemotherapy regimen,(60mg/m2, tri-weekly), and a clinical examination including contrast-enhanced CT showed that his disease had successfully responded to the chemotherapy.
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