Comparing intra-arterial chemotherapy combined with intravesical chemotherapy against intravesical chemotherapy alone in the treatment of T1-staged Grade 3 (T1G3) bladder cancer after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT).
From January 2007 to December 2012, 203 patients diagnosed with NMIBC were randomly assigned into either intra-arterial chemotherapy combined with intravesical chemotherapy group (Group A, n = 68) or intravesical chemotherapy alone group (Group B, n = 135) after TURBT. Four cycles of intra-arterial chemotherapy were administered after initial TURBT with 1-month interval between each. Intravesical chemotherapy was administered in both groups including an immediate 50 mg epirubicin instillation after TURBT and weekly maintenance for 8 weeks, and then followed by monthly maintenance for 1 year. The primary endpoint was recurrence-free survival.
Out of 203 patients, 53 were in Group A and 98 in Group B, and they were evaluated for recurrence and progression rate where recurrence rate was 35.8% (19/53) in group A and 41.8% (41/98) in group B with a significant difference (P < 0.05) and progression rate was 20.7% (11/53) in group A and 23.5% (23/98) in group B with a significant difference (P < 0.05). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested that intra-arterial chemotherapy could be an independent risk factors related to both overall survival and time to first recurrence.
Intra-arterial chemotherapy combined with intravesical chemotherapy could reduce the risk of recurrence and progression compared to intravesical chemotherapy alone in T1G3 bladder cancer.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology. 2018 Dec 11 [Epub ahead of print]
Bin Huang, Hua Wang, Hao Lin, Zhijun Yao, Jiabo Zheng, Wenzhe Fan, Shaopeng Qiu, Lingwu Chen, Junxing Chen
Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 58 Zhong Shan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China., Department of Urology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, No.600 Tan He Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China., Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, China. ., Department of Urology, The Central Hospital of Hengyang, Hengyang, 421001, China., Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China., Department of Interventional Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China., Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 58 Zhong Shan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China. ., Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 58 Zhong Shan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China. .