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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
The Japanese Urological Cancer Research Group for Adriamycin has conducted a series of clinical trials to investigate the efficacy and safety of prophylactic intravesical chemotherapy for superficial bladder cancer. In the third trial, reported herein, patients with recurrent bladder cancer or multiple primary cancer were selected and randomized to one of four groups using the envelope method after complete resection of the original tumors. Group A was given Adriamycin alone, group B received oral 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), group C was given Adriamycin and oral 5-FU, and group D served as the control group. Of the 544 patients registered, 331 were evaluable for the purpose of this study. The administration of 5-FU (group B) failed to prevent the recurrence of bladder tumors. Although group C (both Adriamycin and 5-FU) did not fare better than group A (Adriamycin only), Adriamycin was effective in preventing the recurrence of tumors, especially in high-risk patients with recurrent and multiple tumors. The risk of recurrence was reduced to 0.21 (95% confidence interval, 0.10-0.44) relative to the control group. There was no indication of a synergistic effect between 5-FU and Adriamycin. As side effects, cystitis syndrome was observed in 23%-30% of the patients in the Adriamycin groups and mild myelosuppression was observed in the 5-FU groups.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0344-5704
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
S88-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Administration, Intravesical, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Carcinoma, Transitional Cell, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:7994795-Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Prophylactic chemotherapy with intravesical instillation of adriamycin and oral administration of 5-fluorouracil after surgery for superficial bladder cancer. The Japanese Urological Cancer Research Group for Adriamycin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Second Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study