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Long-term intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy with Adriamycin (ADM) was performed in cases of bladder cancer prior to total cystectomy. This report describes the effects in 13 cases evaluated more than 3 weeks after infusion of 10 mg ADM once or twice weekly.
An oblique skin incision approximately 10 cm long was made in the gluteal region to expose the gluteus maximus muscle. A teflon catheter was then inserted into the gluteal artery and fixed; the distal end was brought out from under the skin in the precordial region. A similar procedure was performed on the contralateral side.
The catheter was inserted through the superior and inferior gluteal arteries in five and eight cases, respectively. In the former group, partial response was obtained in two cases, minimal response in two and no response in one, so that primary tumor remission was evident in 40% of the cases. In the latter group, all cases but one attained partial response, i.e., remission was seen in 87.5% of cases treated by inferior gluteal infusion.
Skin erosion of the gluteal, perineal, and anal regions and sciatica-like pain were observed in some cases; however neither myocardial effect nor bone marrow suppression, which have been reported as side-effects of ADM, were observed in any of the cases.
These results suggest that this therapeutic modality could be effective in the preoperative work-up of candidates for total cystectomy, and also that it could be useful in the treatment of patients in whom total cystectomy is contraindicated.
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Kanoh, S., Umeyama, T., Nemoto, S. et al. Long-term intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy with Adriamycin for advanced bladder cancer. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 11 (Suppl 1), S51–S58 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256719
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