scholarly journals Fewer tumour draining sentinel nodes in patients with progressing muscle invasive bladder cancer, after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 2207-2213
Author(s):  
Julia Alvaeus ◽  
Robert Rosenblatt ◽  
Markus Johansson ◽  
Farhood Alamdari ◽  
Tomasz Jakubczyk ◽  
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Abstract Purpose To examine the relationship between the number of tumour draining sentinel nodes (SNs) and pathoanatomical outcomes, in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and radical cystectomy (RC). Materials and Methods In an ongoing prospective multicenter study, we included 230 patients with suspected urothelial MIBC from ten Swedish urological centers. All underwent TURb and clinical staging. From the cohort, 116 patients with urothelial MIBC; cT2-cT4aN0M0, underwent radical cystectomy (RC) and lymphadenectomy with SN-detection (SNd). 83 patients received cisplatin-based NAC and 33 were NAC-naïve. The number and locations of detected SNs and non-SNs were recorded for each patient. The NAC treated patients were categorized by pathoanatomical outcomes post-RC into three groups: complete responders (CR), stable disease (SD) and progressive disease (PD). Selected covariates with possible impact on SN-yield were tested in uni -and multivariate analyses for NAC-treated patients only. Results In NAC treated patients, the mean number of SNs was significantly higher in CR patients (3.3) and SD patients (3.6) compared with PD patients (1.4) (p = 0.034). In a linear multivariate regression model, the number of harvested nodes was the only independent variable that affected the number of SNs (p = 0.0004). Conclusions The number of tumor-draining SNs in NAC-treated patients was significantly lower in patients with progressive disease.

Cancer ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajjai S. Alva ◽  
Christopher T. Tallman ◽  
Chang He ◽  
Maha H. Hussain ◽  
Khaled Hafez ◽  
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BMC Urology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Rizal A. H. Hamid ◽  
Fanny Riana Ridwan ◽  
Dyandra Parikesit ◽  
Fina Widia ◽  
Chaidir Arif Mochtar ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Most patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) developed metastasis within 2 years, even after radical cystectomy (RC). The recurrence rate of MIBC was more than 50% of the cases. A meta-analysis conducted by Yin et al. showed that neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) + RC improves overall survival in MIBC compared with RC only. However, a new meta-analysis by Li et al. concluded that NAC + RC was not superior to RC only in improving overall survival. The inconsistencies of these studies required further comprehensive analysis to recommend NAC use in bladder cancer treatment. Therefore, this meta-analysis aims to analyze previous studies that compare the efficacy of NAC + RC versus RC only to improve overall survival of MIBC. Methods The articles were searched using Pubmed with keywords “muscle-invasive bladder cancer”, “neoadjuvant chemotherapy”, “cystectomy”, and “overall survival”. The articles that were published until June 2020 were screened. The overall survival outcome was analyzed as hazard ratio (HR) and presented in a forest plot. Result Seventeen studies were included in meta-analysis with a total sample of 13,391 patients, consist of 2890 received NAC followed by RC and 10,418 underwent RC only. Two studies used methotrexate/vinblastine/doxorubicin/cisplatin (MVAC), two studies used gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC), one study used Cisplatin-based regimen, one study used MVAC or GC, one study used gemcitabine/carboplatin (GCarbo) or GC or MVAC, one study used Cisplatin/Gemcitabine or MVAC, one study used Cisplatin only, one study used Cisplatin-based (GC, MVAC) or non-Cisplatin-based (combined paclitaxel/gemcitabine/carboplatin), one study used GC, MVAC, Carboplatin, or Gemcitabine/Nedaplatin (GN), and five studies did not mention the regimen The overall survival in the NAC + RC only group was significantly better than the RC only group (HR 0.82 [0.71–0.95], p = 0.009). Conclusion NAC + RC is recommended to improve overall survival in MIBC patients. A further study assessing side effects and quality of life regarding NAC + RC is needed to establish a strong recommendation regarding this therapy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17036-e17036
Author(s):  
Sree Vamsee Chetana Panthula ◽  
Arun Philip ◽  
Pavithran Keechilat ◽  
Wesley Mannirathil Jose

e17036 Background: The standard treatment for Muscle Invasive bladder cancer (MIBC),Radical Cystectomy and Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has shown to improve survival. Data from Indian population is scarce, and we sought to explore the efficacy, tolerability and factors affecting the outcome of Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in our population. Methods: This was a Retrospective Observational study conducted at a tertiary care centre. Patients of MIBC treated between 2008 and 2019 were included in the analysis. The NACT consisted of Gemcitabine + Cisplatin (GC) or Gemcitabine + Carboplatin (GCa). The prognostic significance of the various clinico-laboratory parameters was assessed by the log rank test. The survival analysis was done by the Kaplan Meier method. Results: Total of 40 patients received NACT from 2008-2019. The median age of study group was 62 years. Male to Female ratio was 5:1. Out of 40 patients, 26 were treated with GC and the remaining 14 received GCa. Majority (80%) patients were administered either 3 or 4 cycles of NACT. Among 18 patients who demonstrated good radiological response after NACT completion, 13 had received Cisplatin. After NACT, 32 (80%) underwent Radical Cystectomy and 3 were treated with CTRT. The remaining 5 did not receive definitive treatment. Pathological complete response (PCR) was achieved in 10 out of 32 patients (31%). Out of 10 patients with PCR, 9 belonged to Cisplatin group and only 1 in Carboplatin group. In patients with PCR, 80% remained progression free at last follow up. Grade 3/4 toxicities were minimal. However, achieving a pathological CR did not translate into significant survival benefit in our study (p value 0.10). Median follow up time and overall survival for the cohort was 29.5 and 54 months respectively. Conclusions: Gemcitabine/Cisplatin as NACT resulted in superior radiological response, PCR, PFS and OS when compared to Gemcitabine/Carboplatin in MIBC. This regimen is well tolerated and we advocate for further prospective studies with GC in this setting. [Table: see text]


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