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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Chemotherapy in invasive carcinoma of the bladder a review of phase II trials in Egypt
Acta Oncologica, Volume 28, No. 1, Year 1989
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Since 1976, a series of phase II studies with screening of various chemotherapeutic agents in invasive bladder cancer have been conducted at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo. Different drugs were screened, one by one, in groups of 20-25 patients with inoperable, metastatic, or recurrent carcinomas. Evaluation was done by clinical bimanual examination, radiography, sonography, cystoscopy, and urine cytology. In these trials bleomycin and doxorubicin were ineffective. Tenoposide, 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate, and cisplatin had minimal or moderate effect (response rates 4-16% More pronounced effect was found for dibromodulcitol, cyclophosphamide, pentamethylmelamine, etoposide, hexamethylmelamine, ifosfamide, vindesine, vincristine, and epidoxorubicin (response rates 18-60% Some complete responders remained in response for a period of 3-7 years. Drugs seemed to be more effective in metastatic than in local lesions. ©1989 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gad-El-Mawla, Nazli M.
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
Hamza, Mohamad Reda
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
Zikri, Z. Kh
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
El-Serafi, Moustafa M.
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
El-Khodary, A.
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
Khaled, Hussein Mostafa
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
abdel Wareth, A.
Egypt, Giza
National Cancer Institute
Statistics
Citations: 38
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3109/02841868909111185
ISSN:
0284186X
Research Areas
Cancer
Study Locations
Egypt