Durable complete remission of metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder with cisplatin and gemcitabine in an 80-year-old man

M Froehner; H J Gaertner; A Manseck; M P Wirth

doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01343-7

Durable complete remission of metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder with cisplatin and gemcitabine in an 80-year-old man

Urology. 2001 Nov;58(5):799. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01343-7.

Authors

M Froehner¹, H J Gaertner, A Manseck, M P Wirth

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University Clinics "Carl Gustav Carus," Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 11711370
DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01343-7

Abstract

A patient with a durable, complete, local and pulmonary remission of a metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder treated with gemcitabine and cisplatin is presented. Sarcomatoid carcinoma arising in the bladder is a rare and notoriously aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma for which an effective systemic treatment has not been reported up to now.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
Carcinosarcoma / drug therapy*
Carcinosarcoma / secondary
Cisplatin / administration & dosage
Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives*
Gemcitabine
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / secondary
Male
Remission Induction
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

Deoxycytidine
Cisplatin
Gemcitabine