[Female urethral carcinoma: results of irradiation in 2 patients]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1988 Jul;34(7):1231-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Urethral carcinoma in 2 females has been treated with irradiation together with adjunct chemotherapy. In case 1, a 73-year-old female with squamous cell carcinoma was successfully treated with irradiation of 4,000 rad and peplomycin of 60 mg intravenously given. She has been free from the disease for the past 43 months. In case 2, a 61-year-old female with transitional cell carcinoma was initially treated with irradiation of 5,000 rad together with peplomycin 90 mg, which was followed by another 5,000 rad irradiation. The tumor recurred and the patient was operated on for cystourethrectomy and partial resection of the vagina. A further chemotherapy of cisplatin, peplomycin, and mitomycin C was instituted. She died of the tumor recurrence 23 months after the first visit to our clinic. Diagnosis and treatment modalities on the female urethral carcinoma are briefly discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bleomycin / administration & dosage
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mitomycin
  • Mitomycins / administration & dosage
  • Peplomycin
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Urethral Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Urethral Neoplasms / radiotherapy*

Substances

  • Mitomycins
  • Bleomycin
  • Mitomycin
  • Peplomycin
  • Cisplatin