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Nair SS, Chakravarty D, Patel V, Bhardwaj N, Tewari AK. Genitourinary cancer neoadjuvant therapies: current and future approaches. Trends Cancer 2023; 9:1041-1057. [PMID: 37684128 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2023.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
Abstract
Neoadjuvant therapies can improve tolerability, reduce tumor volume to facilitate surgery, and assess subsequent treatment response. Therefore, there is much enthusiasm for expanding the benefits of cancer therapies to the neoadjuvant setting to reduce recurrence and improve survival in patients with localized or locally advanced genitourinary (GU) cancer. This approach is clinically pertinent because these treatments are administered primarily to treatment-naive patients and can elicit the greatest drug response. In addition, the results are not impacted by other anticancer treatments. While neoadjuvant therapies have been the standard treatment for bladder cancer in the past, they are presently restricted to clinical trials for renal and prostate cancer (PCa); however, changes are imminent. Precision neoadjuvant therapies will be ushered in by biomarker-stratified neoadjuvant trials with appropriate survival endpoints and comprehensive correlative and imaging studies. This review discusses neoadjuvant studies in GU malignancies and how they inform future study design considerations.
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- Sujit S Nair
- Department of Urology and Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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- Department of Urology and Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Urology and Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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- Department of Urology and Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Nerli RB, Ghagane SC, Shadab R, Patil S, Mungarwadi A, Dixit NS. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Cystectomy: a Single-Center Experience. Indian J Surg Oncol 2023; 14:481-486. [PMID: 37324300 PMCID: PMC10267044 DOI: 10.1007/s13193-021-01386-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Nearly 50% of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with cystectomy alone will progress to metastatic disease. Surgery alone is not a sufficient therapy in a large number of patients with invasive bladder cancer. Systemic therapy with cisplatin-based chemotherapy has been shown to provide response rates in several bladder cancer studies. There have been multiple randomized controlled studies undertaken to define further the effectiveness of neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy in advance of cystectomy. In this study, we have retrospectively reviewed our series of patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive disease. Between Jan 2005 and Dec 2019, 72 patients underwent radical cystectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy over a 15-year period. The data was retrospectively collected and analyzed. The median age was 59.84 ± 8.967 years (range, 43 to 74), and the ratio of male to female patients was 5:1. Of the 72 patients, 14 (19.44%) completed all the three cycles, 52 (72.22%) completed at least two cycles, and the remaining 6 (8.33%) completed only one cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A total of 36 (50%) patients died during the follow-up period. The mean and median survival of the patients was 84.85 ± 4.25 months and 91.0 ± 5.83 months respectively. Neoadjuvant MVAC should be offered to patients with locally advanced bladder cancer and who are candidates for radical cystectomy. It is safe and effective in patients with adequate renal function. The patients need to be carefully monitored for chemotherapy-induced toxic effects, and appropriate intervention is necessary in the event of severe adverse effects.
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- R. B. Nerli
- Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (Deemed-To-Be-University), JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
- Department of Urology, KLES Kidney Foundation, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
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- Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (Deemed-To-Be-University), JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
- Department of Urology, KLES Kidney Foundation, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
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- Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (Deemed-To-Be-University), JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
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- Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (Deemed-To-Be-University), JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
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- Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research (Deemed-To-Be-University), JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
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- Department of Urology, KLES Kidney Foundation, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, 590010 India
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Jin Y, Li J, Tang C, He K, Shan D, Yan S, Deng G. A risk signature of necroptosis-related lncRNA to predict prognosis and probe molecular characteristics for male with bladder cancer. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e33664. [PMID: 37145007 PMCID: PMC10158872 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000033664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Bladder cancer (BC) is a frequently diagnosed cancer with high mortality. Male patients have a higher risk of developing BC than female patients. As a type of caspase-independent cell death, necroptosis plays a significant role in the occurrence and progression of BC. The aberrant function of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) plays an indispensable role in GI. However, the relationship between lncRNA and necroptosis in male patients with BC remains unclear. The clinical information and RNA-sequencing profiles of all BC patients were retrieved from The Cancer Genome Atlas Program. A total of 300 male participants were selected for the study. We conducted to identify the necroptosis-related lncRNAs (NRLs) by Pearson correlation analysis. Subsequently, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox regression were conducted to establish a risk signature with overall survival-related NRLs in the training set and to validate it in the testing set. Finally, we verified the effectiveness of the 15-NRLs signature in prognostic prediction and therapy via survival analysis, receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and Cox regression. Furthermore, we analyzed the correlation between the signature risk score and pathway enrichment analysis, immune cell infiltration, anticancer drug sensitivity, and somatic gene mutations. We developed 15-NRLs (AC009974.1, AC140118.2, LINC00323, LINC02872, PCAT19, AC017104.1, AC134312.5, AC147067.2, AL139351.1, AL355922.1, LINC00844, AC069503.1, AP003721.1, DUBR, LINC02863) signature, and divided patients into a high-risk group and low-risk group through the median risk score. Kaplan-Meier and receiver operating characteristic curves showed that the prognosis prediction had satisfactory accuracy. Cox regression analysis indicated that the 15-NRLs signature was a risk factor independent of various clinical parameters. Additionally, immune cell infiltration, half-maximal inhibitory concentration, and somatic gene mutations differed significantly among different risk subsets, implying that the signature could assess the clinical efficacy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy. This 15-NRLs risk signature may be helpful in assessing the prognosis and molecular features of male patients with BC and improve treatment modalities, thus can be further applied clinically.
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- Yuzhou Jin
- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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Coleman JA, Yip W, Wong NC, Sjoberg DD, Bochner BH, Dalbagni G, Donat SM, Herr HW, Cha EK, Donahue TF, Pietzak EJ, Hakimi AA, Kim K, Al-Ahmadie HA, Vargas HA, Alvim RG, Ghafoor S, Benfante NE, Meraney AM, Shichman SJ, Kamradt JM, Nair SG, Baccala AA, Palyca P, Lash BW, Rizvi MA, Swanson SK, Muina AF, Apolo AB, Iyer G, Rosenberg JE, Teo MY, Bajorin DF. Multicenter Phase II Clinical Trial of Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients With High-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2023; 41:1618-1625. [PMID: 36603175 PMCID: PMC10043554 DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.00763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has proven survival benefits for patients with invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, yet its role for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) remains undefined. We conducted a multicenter, single-arm, phase II trial of NAC with gemcitabine and split-dose cisplatin (GC) for patients with high-risk UTUC before extirpative surgery to evaluate response, survival, and tolerability. METHODS Eligible patients with defined criteria for high-risk localized UTUC received four cycles of split-dose GC before surgical resection and lymph node dissection. The primary study end point was rate of pathologic response (defined as < ypT2N0). Secondary end points included progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety and tolerability. RESULTS Among 57 patients evaluated, 36 (63%) demonstrated pathologic response (95% CI, 49 to 76). A complete pathologic response (ypT0N0) was noted in 11 patients (19%). Fifty-one patients (89%) tolerated at least three complete cycles of split-dose GC, 27 patients (47%) tolerated four complete cycles, and all patients proceeded to surgery. With a median follow up of 3.1 years, 2- and 5-year PFS rates were 89% (95% CI, 81 to 98) and 72% (95% CI, 59 to 87), while 2- and 5-year OS rates were 93% (95% CI, 86 to 100) and 79% (95% CI, 67 to 94), respectively. Pathologic complete and partial responses were associated with improved PFS and OS compared with nonresponders (≥ ypT2N any; 2-year PFS 100% and 95% v 76%, P < .001; 2-year OS 100% and 100% v 80%, P < .001). CONCLUSION NAC with split-dose GC for high-risk UTUC is a well-tolerated, effective therapy demonstrating evidence of pathologic response that is associated with favorable survival outcomes. Given that these survival outcomes are superior to historical series, these data support the use of NAC as a standard of care for high-risk UTUC, and split-dose GC is a viable option for NAC.
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Funt SA, Lattanzi M, Whiting K, Al-Ahmadie H, Quinlan C, Teo MY, Lee CH, Aggen D, Zimmerman D, McHugh D, Apollo A, Durdin TD, Truong H, Kamradt J, Khalil M, Lash B, Ostrovnaya I, McCoy AS, Hettich G, Regazzi A, Jihad M, Ratna N, Boswell A, Francese K, Yang Y, Folefac E, Herr HW, Donat SM, Pietzak E, Cha EK, Donahue TF, Goh AC, Huang WC, Bajorin DF, Iyer G, Bochner BH, Balar AV, Mortazavi A, Rosenberg JE. Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Multicenter, Single-Arm, Phase II Trial. J Clin Oncol 2022; 40:1312-1322. [PMID: 35089812 PMCID: PMC9797229 DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.01485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Neoadjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) followed by radical cystectomy (RC) is standard for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). On the basis of the activity of atezolizumab (A) in metastatic BC, we tested neoadjuvant GC plus A for MIBC. METHODS Eligible patients with MIBC (cT2-T4aN0M0) received a dose of A, followed 2 weeks later by GC plus A every 21 days for four cycles followed 3 weeks later by a dose of A before RC. The primary end point was non-muscle-invasive downstaging to < pT2N0. RESULTS Of 44 enrolled patients, 39 were evaluable. The primary end point was met, with 27 of 39 patients (69%) < pT2N0, including 16 (41%) pT0N0. No patient with < pT2N0 relapsed and four (11%) with ≥ pT2N0 relapsed with a median follow-up of 16.5 months (range: 7.0-33.7 months). One patient refused RC and two developed metastatic disease before RC; all were considered nonresponders. The most common grade 3-4 adverse event (AE) was neutropenia (n = 16; 36%). Grade 3 immune-related AEs occurred in five (11%) patients with two (5%) requiring systemic steroids. The median time from last dose of chemotherapy to surgery was 7.8 weeks (range: 5.1-17 weeks), and no patient failed to undergo RC because of AEs. Four of 39 (10%) patients had programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-positive tumors and were all < pT2N0. Of the patients with PD-L1 low or negative tumors, 23 of 34 (68%) achieved < pT2N0 and 11 of 34 (32%) were ≥ pT2N0 (P = .3 for association between PD-L1 and < pT2N0). CONCLUSION Neoadjuvant GC plus A is a promising regimen for MIBC and warrants further study. Patients with < pT2N0 experienced improved relapse-free survival. The PD-L1 positivity rate was low compared with published data, which limits conclusions regarding PD-L1 as a predictive biomarker.
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- Samuel A. Funt
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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- New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. Urol Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89891-5_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Refining neoadjuvant therapy clinical trial design for muscle-invasive bladder cancer before cystectomy: a joint US Food and Drug Administration and Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network workshop. Nat Rev Urol 2022; 19:37-46. [PMID: 34508246 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-021-00505-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The success of the use of novel therapies in the treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma has contributed to growing interest in evaluating these therapies at earlier stages of the disease. However, trials evaluating these therapies in the neoadjuvant setting must have clearly defined study elements and appropriately selected end points to ensure the applicability of the trial and enable interpretation of the study results. To advance the development of rational trial design, a public workshop jointly sponsored by the US Food and Drug Administration and the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network convened in August 2019. Clinicians, clinical trialists, radiologists, biostatisticians, patients, advocates and other stakeholders discussed key elements and end points when designing trials of neoadjuvant therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), identifying opportunities to refine eligibility, design and end points for neoadjuvant trials in MIBC. Although pathological complete response (pCR) is already being used as a co-primary end point, both individual-level and trial-level surrogacy for time-to-event end points, such as event-free survival or overall survival, remain incompletely characterized in MIBC. Additionally, use of pCR is limited by heterogeneity in pathological evaluation and the fact that the magnitude of pCR improvement that might translate into a meaningful clinical benefit remains unclear. Given existing knowledge gaps, capture of highly granular patient-related, tumour-related and treatment-related characteristics in the current generation of neoadjuvant MIBC trials will be critical to informing the design of future trials.
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Pak JS, Haas CR, Anderson CB, DeCastro GJ, Benson MC, McKiernan JM. Survival and oncologic outcomes of complete transurethral resection of bladder tumor prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Urol Oncol 2021; 39:787.e9-787.e15. [PMID: 33865688 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Prior studies have shown that pathologic complete response at radical cystectomy, a significant prognostic factor, can be attributed to both neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and high-quality transurethral resections (TURBT) prior to NAC. It remains unclear whether the visual completeness of TURBT prior to NAC plays an important role in subsequent outcomes. We sought to assess the association of completeness of TURBT prior to NAC with response and survival outcomes. METHODS AND MATERIALS We retrospectively reviewed all patients with clinically localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer at our institution who received NAC from 2000 to 2017. Complete TURBT was defined as resection of all visible tumor in entirety, resection to normal-appearing muscle, and/or repeat pre-NAC TURBT revealing cT0. Patients who were restaged as cT0 after NAC and refused cystectomy were placed on an active surveillance/delayed intervention (ASDI) protocol. The primary endpoints were overall and cancer-specific survival. The secondary endpoints were recurrence-free and muscle-invasive recurrence-free survival. RESULTS Of 93 patients, 62 (67%) underwent complete TURBT prior to chemotherapy. Compared to patients with incomplete TURBT, those with complete TURBT had lower rates of variant histology (13% vs. 32%) and hydronephrosis (15% vs. 39%). Also, 36% of patients with incomplete TURBT had ≥cT3 disease prior to NAC, compared to none in the complete TURBT cohort. Patients with complete TURBT were more likely to defer RC and pursue ASDI (61% vs. 32%). Those with complete TURBT had lower rates of pT2 or higher disease at cystectomy (48% vs. 75%), with a lower rate of N+ disease trending towards significance (17% vs. 37%). Patients with complete TURBT had higher 5-year overall (77% vs. 46%, P = 0.003) and cancer-specific (85% vs. 50%, P = 0.001) survival. On Cox regression analysis, complete TURBT was significantly associated with superior cancer-specific, recurrence-free, and muscle-invasive recurrence-free survival. CONCLUSIONS A complete TURBT prior to NAC is associated with improved survival and oncologic outcomes in this cohort with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The extent to which complete TURBT simply represents a proxy for less aggressive disease or is actually a beneficial therapeutic intervention which improves response to chemotherapy is difficult to define retrospectively.
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- Jamie S Pak
- Department of Urology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center,NY.
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- Department of Urology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center,NY
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Rose TL, Harrison MR, Deal AM, Ramalingam S, Whang YE, Brower B, Dunn M, Osterman CK, Heiling HM, Bjurlin MA, Smith AB, Nielsen ME, Tan HJ, Wallen E, Woods ME, George D, Zhang T, Drier A, Kim WY, Milowsky MI. Phase II Study of Gemcitabine and Split-Dose Cisplatin Plus Pembrolizumab as Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Radical Cystectomy in Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:3140-3148. [PMID: 34428076 DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.01003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of gemcitabine and cisplatin in combination with the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab as neoadjuvant therapy before radical cystectomy (RC) in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. METHODS Patients with clinical T2-4aN0/XM0 muscle-invasive bladder cancer eligible for RC were enrolled. The initial six patients received lead-in pembrolizumab 200 mg once 2 weeks prior to pembrolizumab 200 mg once on day 1, cisplatin 70 mg/m2 once on day 1, and gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m2 once on days 1 and 8 every 21 days for four cycles. This schedule was discontinued for toxicity and subsequent patients received cisplatin 35 mg/m2 once on days 1 and 8 without lead-in pembrolizumab. The primary end point was pathologic downstaging (< pT2N0) with null and alternative hypothesis rates of 35% and 55%, respectively. Secondary end points were toxicity including patient-reported outcomes, complete pathologic response (pT0N0), event-free survival, and overall survival. Association of pathologic downstaging with programmed cell death ligand 1 staining was explored. RESULTS Thirty-nine patients were enrolled between June 2016 and March 2020 (72% cT2, 23% cT3, and 5% cT4a). Patients received a median of four cycles of therapy. All patients underwent RC except one who declined. Twenty-two of 39 patients (56% [95% CI, 40 to 72]) achieved < pT2N0 and 14 of 39 (36% [95% CI, 21 to 53]) achieved pT0N0. Most common adverse events (AEs) of any grade were thrombocytopenia (74%), anemia (69%), neutropenia (67%), and hypomagnesemia (67%). One patient had new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis related to pembrolizumab and no patients required steroids for immune-related AEs. Clinicians consistently under-reported AEs when compared with patients. CONCLUSION Neoadjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin plus pembrolizumab met its primary end point for improved pathologic downstaging and was generally safe. A global study of perioperative chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab or placebo is ongoing.
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- Tracy L Rose
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.,Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Chemotherapy for Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Impact of Cisplatin Delivery on Renal Function and Local Control Rate in the Randomized Phase III VESPER (GETUG-AFU V05) Trial. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2021; 19:554-562. [PMID: 34602349 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2021.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy before surgery is the standard of care for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. However, the optimal chemotherapy modalities have not been precisely defined to date. PATIENTS AND METHODS In the VESPER trial, patients received after randomization either gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC, 4 cycles) or methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin (dose dense [dd]-MVAC, 6 cycles). Creatinine clearance (CrCl) was calculated before each cycle according to the Cockroft and Gault formula. Definition criteria for local control after neoadjuvant chemotherapy included pathological complete response (ypT0N0), pathological downstaging (<ypT2N0) and organ-confined disease (<ypT3N0) at cystectomy. Baseline and treatment characteristics were studied in multivariate logistic models to determine their potential role for each type of pathological responses. RESULTS A total of 2128 cycles of chemotherapy were delivered, including 2120 (99.6%) with cisplatin. Full doses of cisplatin were given in 1866 (88%) cycles. Twenty-three (4.7%) patients had to stop chemotherapy (12 GC, 11 dd-MVAC) because of renal failure. No difference in CrCl median values was observed between the 2 regimens during the first 4 cycles. A mild decrease occurred thereafter in patients treated with 2 additional cycles of dd-MVAC. A minimum total dose of 270 mg/m2 for cisplatin was mandatory to optimize pathological complete responses. CONCLUSION At least 4 cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy should be delivered before cystectomy. Increasing the number of cycles beyond 4 cycles does not lead to a clinically significant deterioration in renal function but without obvious gain on local control.
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Yang K, Shen J, Tan FQ, Zheng XY, Xie LP. Antitumor Activity of Small Activating RNAs Induced PAWR Gene Activation in Human Bladder Cancer Cells. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18:3039-3049. [PMID: 34220332 PMCID: PMC8241776 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.60399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Small double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) have been proved to effectively up-regulate the expression of particular genes by targeting their promoters. These small dsRNAs were also termed small activating RNAs (saRNAs). We previously reported that several small double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) targeting the PRKC apoptosis WT1 regulator (PAWR) promoter can up-regulate PAWR gene expression effectively in human cancer cells. The present study was conducted to evaluate the antitumor potential of PAWR gene induction by these saRNAs in bladder cancer. Promisingly, we found that up-regulation of PAWR by saRNA inhibited the growth of bladder cancer cells by inducing cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest which was related to inhibition of anti‑apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and inactivation of the NF-κB and Akt pathways. The activation of the caspase cascade and the regulation of cell cycle related proteins also supported the efficacy of the treatment. Moreover, our study also showed that these saRNAs cooperated with cisplatin in the inhibition of bladder cancer cells. Overall, these data suggest that activation of PAWR by saRNA may have a therapeutic benefit for bladder cancer.
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- Kai Yang
- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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Bladder cancer accounts for nearly 170,000 deaths worldwide annually. For over 4 decades, the systemic management of muscle-invasive and advanced bladder cancer has primarily consisted of platinum-based chemotherapy. Over the past 10 years, innovations in sequencing technologies have led to rapid genomic characterization of bladder cancer, deepening our understanding of bladder cancer pathogenesis and exposing potential therapeutic vulnerabilities. On the basis of its high mutational burden, immune checkpoint inhibitors were investigated in advanced bladder cancer, revealing durable responses in a subset of patients. These agents are now approved for several indications and highlight the changing treatment landscape of advanced bladder cancer. In addition, commonly expressed molecular targets were leveraged to develop targeted therapies, such as fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitors and antibody-drug conjugates. The molecular characterization of bladder cancer and the development of novel therapies also have stimulated investigations into optimizing treatment approaches for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Herein, the authors review the history of muscle-invasive and advanced bladder cancer management, highlight the important molecular characteristics of bladder cancer, describe the major advances in treatment, and offer future directions for therapeutic development.
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- Vaibhav G Patel
- Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Nerli RB, Sharma M, Ghagane S, Patil S, Gupta P, Dixit N, Hiremath M. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer. JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/jcrp.jcrp_18_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Wu E, Hadjiiski LM, Samala RK, Chan HP, Cha KH, Richter C, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Paramagul C, Alva A, Weizer AZ. Deep Learning Approach for Assessment of Bladder Cancer Treatment Response. Tomography 2019; 5:201-208. [PMID: 30854458 PMCID: PMC6403041 DOI: 10.18383/j.tom.2018.00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We compared the performance of different Deep learning-convolutional neural network (DL-CNN) models for bladder cancer treatment response assessment based on transfer learning by freezing different DL-CNN layers and varying the DL-CNN structure. Pre- and posttreatment computed tomography scans of 123 patients (cancers, 129; pre- and posttreatment cancer pairs, 158) undergoing chemotherapy were collected. After chemotherapy 33% of patients had T0 stage cancer (complete response). Regions of interest in pre- and posttreatment scans were extracted from the segmented lesions and combined into hybrid pre -post image pairs (h-ROIs). Training (pairs, 94; h-ROIs, 6209), validation (10 pairs) and test sets (54 pairs) were obtained. The DL-CNN consisted of 2 convolution (C1-C2), 2 locally connected (L3-L4), and 1 fully connected layers. The DL-CNN was trained with h-ROIs to classify cancers as fully responding (stage T0) or not fully responding to chemotherapy. Two radiologists provided lesion likelihood of being stage T0 posttreatment. The test area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.73 for T0 prediction by the base DL-CNN structure with randomly initialized weights. The base DL-CNN structure with pretrained weights and transfer learning (no frozen layers) achieved test AUC of 0.79. The test AUCs for 3 modified DL-CNN structures (different C1-C2 max pooling filter sizes, strides, and padding, with transfer learning) were 0.72, 0.86, and 0.69. For the base DL-CNN with (C1) frozen, (C1-C2) frozen, and (C1-C2-L3) frozen, the test AUCs were 0.81, 0.78, and 0.71, respectively. The radiologists' AUCs were 0.76 and 0.77. DL-CNN performed better with pretrained than randomly initialized weights.
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- Internal Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, and
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Panebianco V, Narumi Y, Altun E, Bochner BH, Efstathiou JA, Hafeez S, Huddart R, Kennish S, Lerner S, Montironi R, Muglia VF, Salomon G, Thomas S, Vargas HA, Witjes JA, Takeuchi M, Barentsz J, Catto JWF. Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Bladder Cancer: Development of VI-RADS (Vesical Imaging-Reporting And Data System). Eur Urol 2018; 74:294-306. [PMID: 29755006 PMCID: PMC6690492 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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CONTEXT Management of bladder cancer (BC) is primarily driven by stage, grade, and biological potential. Knowledge of each is derived using clinical, histopathological, and radiological investigations. This multimodal approach reduces the risk of error from one particular test, but may present a staging dilemma when results conflict. Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) may improve patient care through imaging of the bladder with better resolution of the tissue planes than computed tomography and without radiation exposure. OBJECTIVE To define a standardized approach to imaging and reporting mpMRI for BC, by developing a VI-RADS score. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We created VI-RADS (Vesical Imaging-Reporting And Data System) through consensus using existing literature. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS We describe standard imaging protocols and reporting criteria (including size, location, multiplicity, and morphology) for bladder mpMRI. We propose a five-point VI-RADS score, derived using T2-weighted MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging, and dynamic contrast enhancement, which suggests the risks of muscle invasion. We include sample images used to understand VI-RADS. CONCLUSIONS We hope that VI-RADS will standardize reporting, facilitate comparisons between patients, and in future years, will be tested and refined if necessary. While we do not advocate mpMRI for all patients with BC, this imaging may compliment pathology or reduce radiation-based imaging. Bladder mpMRI may be most useful in patients with non-muscle-invasive cancers, in expediting radical treatment or for determining response to bladder-sparing approaches. PATIENT SUMMARY Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for bladder cancer are becoming more common and may provide accurate information that helps improve patient care. Here, we describe a standardized reporting criterion for bladder MRI. This should improve communication between doctors and allow better comparisons between patients.
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- Valeria Panebianco
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Radiology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK; The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK; The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy
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- Imaging Division, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Martini Clinic, University Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Goel S, Sinha RJ, Bhaskar V, Aeron R, Sharma A, Singh V. Role of gemcitabine and cisplatin as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer: Experience over the last decade. Asian J Urol 2018; 6:222-229. [PMID: 31297313 PMCID: PMC6595093 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajur.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objective Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy is considered the standard of care for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. In the last decade, interest in neoadjuvant chemotherapy has slowly shifted from methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin regime to gemcitabine and cisplatin regime. There are many publications on gemcitabine and cisplatin regime in literature which cover different aspects of treatment. This review aims to summarise the findings published so far on gemcitabine and cisplatin regime and present it in a concise manner. Methods A systematic literature review was conducted searching the PubMed® database in December 2016 using the medical subject heading (MeSH) with the terms gemcitabine, cisplatin, chemotherapy, muscle invasive bladder cancer, and neoadjuvant. All relevant studies were included and results were analysed. Results A total of 13 studies were included which published between 2007 and 2015. These 13 studies comprised of 754 subjects suffering from muscle invasive bladder cancer. The proportion of male patients ranged from 60% to 86.4% and the median age ranged from 54.2 to 77.3 years in various studies. Complete pathological response (pT0) was seen in 30.0% of patients and pathological downstaging (<pT2) was seen in 48.67% of patients. Conclusion As per latest guidelines, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is recommended for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. There is substantial pathological downstaging with low toxicity in patients of muscle invasive bladder cancer who receive neoadjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin regime.
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- Sunny Goel
- Department of Urology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Urology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Urology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Urology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Urology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Urology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
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Scattoni V, Bolognesi A, Cozzarini C, Francesca F, Grasso M, Galli L, Torelli T, Campo B, Villa E, Rigatti P. Neoadjuvant CMV Chemotherapy plus Radical Cystectomy in Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer: The Impact of Pathologic Response on Long-Term Results. TUMORI JOURNAL 2018; 82:463-9. [PMID: 9063525 DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aims and Background Neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy in infiltrating transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder has proved to be effective and to provide a pathologic complete response in about 30% of patients. No survival benefit has yet been proved. Methods We analyzed the outcome of 75 patients with advanced bladder cancer (stages T2-T4 N+/N0 M0) treated from 1985 to 1993 at two institutions in the same geographic area with 2 or 3 cycles of neoadjuvant CMV (cisplatin, methotrexate and vinblastine) chemotherapy plus cystectomy. Transurethral resection of the tumor was expressly avoided in order to keep the tumor intact as a marker lesion to evaluate response to chemotherapy. Results At the time of analysis, the median follow-up of 67 assessable patients was 51.5±3.9 (SE) months. Forty-six patients (69%) had clinical evidence of extravesical spread of the bladder tumor and 6 of lymph node metastases at presentation. After cystectomy, a pathologic complete response (pT0, pN0) was achieved in only 6 cases (9%) and a pathologic partial response in 32 patients (48%). The overall 5-year survival rate of all patients was 61 ±6%. Those patients who had a major response to chemotherapy (pCR + pPR) had a 5-year disease-free survival rate of 74%, which was statistically higher (P=0.0021) than the 44% for the remaining nonresponding patients (pNR). Overall, 43% of the patients with stage T2-T3a disease achieved tumor downstaging (CR, 5%; PR, 38%) compared with 63% of the patients with T3b-T4 (CR, 11%; PR, 52%), although there was no significant difference in 5-year survival curves between the two groups. Conclusions A pathologic complete response was achieved in less than 10% of the cases without a preoperative tumor resection. Unfortunately, most of the responses were only partial. Even though the study appears to suggest a survival advantage for those patients who achieved a downstaging, CMV chemotherapy had a limited curative potential in most of the patients. It seems unlikely that determinant proof will be obtained that neoadjuvant chemotherapy may improve survival over a nontreatment control arm. The intrinsic chemoresistance or the suboptimal response to chemotherapy of bladder cancer remains the most adverse prognostic factor.
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- V Scattoni
- Department of Urology, Scientific Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Huddart RA, Birtle A, Maynard L, Beresford M, Blazeby J, Donovan J, Kelly JD, Kirkbank T, McLaren DB, Mead G, Moynihan C, Persad R, Scrase C, Lewis R, Hall E. Clinical and patient-reported outcomes of SPARE - a randomised feasibility study of selective bladder preservation versus radical cystectomy. BJU Int 2017; 120:639-650. [PMID: 28453896 PMCID: PMC5655733 DOI: 10.1111/bju.13900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To test the feasibility of a randomised trial in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and compare outcomes in patients who receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy (RC) or selective bladder preservation (SBP), where definitive treatment [RC or radiotherapy (RT)] is determined by response to chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS SPARE is a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing RC and SBP in patients with MIBC staged T2-3 N0 M0, fit for both treatment strategies and receiving three cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients were randomised between RC and SBP before a cystoscopy after cycle three of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients with ≤T1 residual tumour received a fourth cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in both groups, followed by radical RT in the SBP group and RC in in the RC group; non-responders in both groups proceeded immediately to RC following cycle three. Feasibility study primary endpoints were accrual rate and compliance with assigned treatment strategy. The phase III trial was designed to demonstrate non-inferiority of SBP in terms of overall survival (OS) in patients whose tumours responded to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Secondary endpoints included patient-reported quality of life, clinician assessed toxicity, loco-regional recurrence-free survival, and rate of salvage RC after SBP. RESULTS Trial recruitment was challenging and below the predefined target with 45 patients recruited in 30 months (25 RC; 20 SBP). Non-compliance with assigned treatment strategy was frequent, six of the 25 patients (24%) randomised to RC received RT. Long-term bladder preservation rate was 11/15 (73%) in those who received RT per protocol. OS survival was not significantly different between groups. CONCLUSIONS Randomising patients with MIBC between RC and SBP based on response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy was not feasible in the UK health system. Strong clinician and patient preferences for treatments impacted willingness to undergo randomisation and acceptance of treatment allocation. Due to the few participants, firm conclusions about disease and toxicity outcomes cannot be drawn.
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- Robert A. Huddart
- The Institute of Cancer ResearchLondonUK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Royal Preston HospitalPreston and University of ManchesterManchesterUK
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- The Institute of Cancer ResearchLondonUK
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Brant A, Kates M, Chappidi MR, Patel HD, Sopko NA, Netto GJ, Baras AS, Hahn NM, Pierorazio PM, Bivalacqua TJ. Pathologic response in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: Is therapeutic effect owing to chemotherapy or TURBT? Urol Oncol 2017; 35:34.e17-34.e25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Funt SA, Rosenberg JE. Systemic, perioperative management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer and future horizons. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2016; 14:221-234. [PMID: 27874062 DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Many patients diagnosed with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) will develop distant metastatic disease. Over the past three decades, perioperative cisplatin-based chemotherapy has been investigated for its ability to reduce the number of deaths from bladder cancer. Insufficient evidence is available to fully support the use of such chemotherapy in the adjuvant setting; however, neoadjuvant cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy has become a standard of care for eligible patients based on the improved disease-specific and overall survival demonstrated in two randomized phase III trials, compared with surgery alone. For patients with disease downstaging to non-MIBC at the time of radical cystectomy as a result of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, outcomes are outstanding, with 5-year overall survival of 80-90%. Nevertheless, the inability to define before treatment the patients who will and those who will not achieve such a response has impeded the achievement of better outcomes for patients with MIBC. High-throughput DNA and RNA profiling technologies might help to overcome this barrier and enable a more-personalized approach to the use of cytotoxic neoadjuvant chemotherapy. In the past 2 years, trial results have demonstrated the unprecedented ability of immune- checkpoint blockade to induce durable remissions in patients with metastatic disease that has progressed after chemotherapy; studies are now urgently needed to determine how best to incorporate this powerful therapeutic modality into the care of patients with MIBC. Herein, we review the evolution of chemotherapy and immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
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- Samuel A Funt
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Apolo AB, Vogelzang NJ, Theodorescu D. New and promising strategies in the management of bladder cancer. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2016:105-12. [PMID: 25993148 DOI: 10.14694/edbook_am.2015.35.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bladder cancer is a complex and aggressive disease for which treatment strategies have had limited success. Improvements in detection, treatment, and outcomes in bladder cancer will require the integration of multiple new approaches, including genomic profiling, immunotherapeutics, and large randomized clinical trials. New and promising strategies are being tested in all disease states, including nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), and metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC). Efforts are underway to develop better noninvasive urine biomarkers for use in primary or secondary detection of NMIBC, exploiting our genomic knowledge of mutations in genes such as RAS, FGFR3, PIK3CA, and TP53 and methylation pathways alone or in combination. Recent data from a large, randomized phase III trial of adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy add to our knowledge of the value of perioperative chemotherapy in patients with MIBC. Finally, bladder cancer is one of a growing list of tumor types that respond to immune checkpoint inhibition, opening the potential for new therapeutic strategies for treatment of this complex and aggressive disease.
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- Andrea B Apolo
- From the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; US Oncology Research, Houston, TX and Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO
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- From the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; US Oncology Research, Houston, TX and Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO
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- From the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; US Oncology Research, Houston, TX and Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO
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Funt SA, Chapman PB. The Role of Neoadjuvant Trials in Drug Development for Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res 2016; 22:2323-8. [PMID: 26842238 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-1961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The relatively low success rate of phase II oncology trials in predicting success of novel drugs in phase III trials and in gaining regulatory approval may be due to reliance on the endpoint of response rate defined by the RECIST. The neoadjuvant treatment paradigm allows the antitumor activity of a novel therapy to be determined on a pathologic basis at the time of surgery instead of by RECIST, which was not developed to guide clinical decision making or correlate with long-term outcomes. Indeed, the FDA endorsed pathologic complete response (pCR) as a surrogate for overall survival (OS) in early-stage breast cancer and granted accelerated approval to pertuzumab based on this endpoint. We propose that pCR is a biologically rational method of determining treatment effect that may be more likely to predict OS. We discuss some advantages of the neoadjuvant trial design, review the use of neoadjuvant therapy as standards of care, and consider the neoadjuvant platform as a method for drug development. Clin Cancer Res; 22(10); 2323-8. ©2016 AACR.
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- Samuel A Funt
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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Quinn DI, Sternberg CN. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Bladder Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118674826.ch25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hadjiiski L, Weizer AZ, Alva A, Caoili EM, Cohan RH, Cha K, Chan HP. Treatment Response Assessment for Bladder Cancer on CT Based on Computerized Volume Analysis, World Health Organization Criteria, and RECIST. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2015; 205:348-52. [PMID: 26204286 PMCID: PMC4791536 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of our autoinitialized cascaded level set 3D segmentation system as compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and the Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) for estimation of treatment response of bladder cancer in CT urography. MATERIALS AND METHODS CT urograms before and after neoadjuvant chemo-therapy treatment were collected from 18 patients with muscle-invasive localized or locally advanced bladder cancers. The disease stage as determined on pathologic samples at cystectomy after chemotherapy was considered as reference standard of treatment response. Two radiologists measured the longest diameter and its perpendicular on the pre- and posttreatment scans. Full 3D contours for all tumors were manually outlined by one radiologist. The autoinitialized cascaded level set method was used to automatically extract 3D tumor boundary. The prediction accuracy of pT0 disease (complete response) at cystectomy was estimated by the manual, autoinitialized cascaded level set, WHO, and RECIST methods on the basis of the AUC. RESULTS The AUC for prediction of pT0 disease at cystectomy was 0.78 ± 0.11 for autoinitialized cascaded level set compared with 0.82 ± 0.10 for manual segmentation. The difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.67). The AUCs using RECIST criteria were 0.62 ± 0.16 and 0.71 ± 0.12 for the two radiologists, both lower than those of the two 3D methods. The AUCs using WHO criteria were 0.56 ± 0.15 and 0.60 ± 0.13 and thus were lower than all other methods. CONCLUSION The pre- and posttreatment 3D volume change estimates obtained by the radiologist's manual outlines and the autoinitialized cascaded level set segmentation were more accurate for irregularly shaped tumors than were those based on RECIST and WHO criteria.
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- Lubomir Hadjiiski
- 1 Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, MIB C476, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5842
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- 2 Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- 1 Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, MIB C476, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5842
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- 1 Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, MIB C476, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5842
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- 1 Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, MIB C476, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5842
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- 1 Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, MIB C476, 1500 East Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5842
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Hafeez S, Horwich A, Omar O, Mohammed K, Thompson A, Kumar P, Khoo V, Van As N, Eeles R, Dearnaley D, Huddart R. Selective organ preservation with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Br J Cancer 2015; 112:1626-35. [PMID: 25897675 PMCID: PMC4430712 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Radiotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) aims to offer organ preservation without oncological compromise. Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy provides survival advantage; response may guide patient selection for bladder preservation and identify those most likely to have favourable result with radiotherapy. METHODS Ninety-four successive patients with T2-T4aN0M0 bladder cancer treated between January 2000 and June 2011 were analysed at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Patients received platinum-based chemotherapy following transurethral resection of bladder tumour; repeat cystoscopy (± biopsy) was performed to guide subsequent management. Responders were treated with radiotherapy. Poor responders were recommended radical cystectomy. Progression-free survival (PFS), disease-specific survival (DSS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated using Kaplan-Meier method; univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using the Cox proportional hazard regression model. RESULTS Response assessment was performed in 89 patients. Seventy-eight (88%) demonstrated response; 53 (60%) achieved complete response (CR); 74 responders had radiotherapy; 4 opted for cystectomy. Eleven (12%) demonstrated poor response, 10 received cystectomy. Median survival for CR was 90 months (95% CI 64.7, 115.9) compared with 16 months (95% CI 5.4, 27.4; P < 0.001) poor responders. On multivariate analysis, only response was associated with significantly improved PFS, OS and DSS. After a median follow-up of 39 months (range 4-127 months), 14 patients (16%) required salvage cystectomy (8 for non-muscle invasive disease, 5 for invasive recurrence, 1 for radiotherapy related toxicity). In all, 82% had an intact bladder at last follow-up after radiotherapy; 67% had an intact bladder at last follow-up or death. Our study is limited by its retrospective nature. CONCLUSIONS Response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy is a favourable prognostic indicator and can be used to select patients for radiotherapy allowing bladder preservation in >80% of the selected patients.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/radiotherapy
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/surgery
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Cisplatin/administration & dosage
- Cystectomy/methods
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/radiotherapy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery
- Organ Preservation/methods
- Retrospective Studies
- Salvage Therapy/methods
- Treatment Outcome
- Urinary Bladder/drug effects
- Urinary Bladder/pathology
- Urinary Bladder/radiation effects
- Urinary Bladder/surgery
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- S Hafeez
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Alva A, Friedlander T, Clark M, Huebner T, Daignault S, Hussain M, Lee C, Hafez K, Hollenbeck B, Weizer A, Premasekharan G, Tran T, Fu C, Ionescu-Zanetti C, Schwartz M, Fan A, Paris P. Circulating Tumor Cells as Potential Biomarkers in Bladder Cancer. J Urol 2015; 194:790-8. [PMID: 25912492 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.2951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE We explored the diagnostic use of circulating tumor cells in patients with neoadjuvant bladder cancer using enumeration and next generation sequencing. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 20 patients with bladder cancer who were eligible for cisplatin based neoadjuvant chemotherapy were enrolled in an institutional review board approved study. Subjects underwent blood draws at baseline and after 1 cycle of chemotherapy. A total of 11 patients with metastatic bladder cancer and 13 healthy donors were analyzed for comparison. Samples were enriched for circulating tumor cells using the novel IsoFlux™ System microfluidic collection device. Circulating tumor cell counts were analyzed for repeatability and compared with Food and Drug Administration cleared circulating tumor cells. Circulating tumor cells were also analyzed for mutational status using next generation sequencing. RESULTS Median circulating tumor cell counts were 13 at baseline and 5 at followup in the neoadjuvant group, 29 in the metastatic group and 2 in the healthy group. The concordance of circulating tumor cell levels, defined as low-fewer than 10, medium-11 to 30 and high-greater than 30, across replicate tubes was 100% in 15 preparations. In matched samples the IsoFlux test showed 10 or more circulating tumor cells in 4 of 9 samples (44%) while CellSearch® showed 0 of 9 (0%). At cystectomy 4 months after baseline all 3 patients (100%) with medium/high circulating tumor cell levels at baseline and followup had unfavorable pathological stage disease (T1-T4 or N+). Next generation sequencing analysis showed somatic variant detection in 4 of 8 patients using a targeted cancer panel. All 8 cases (100%) had a medium/high circulating tumor cell level with a circulating tumor cell fraction of greater than 5% purity. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates a potential role for circulating tumor cell assays in the management of bladder cancer. The IsoFlux method of circulating tumor cell detection shows increased sensitivity compared with CellSearch. A next generation sequencing assay is presented with sufficient sensitivity to detect genomic alterations in circulating tumor cells.
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- Ajjai Alva
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Fluxion Biosciences, San Francisco, California
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- Fluxion Biosciences, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Hafeez S, Huddart R. Selective organ preservation for the treatment of muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: a review of current and future perspectives. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2014; 14:1429-43. [PMID: 25263197 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.2014.953938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Radical treatment remains underutilized for those with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Radical radiotherapy, in particular, continues to be perceived by many as reserved only for patients unfit for cystectomy. However, with concurrent use of radiosensitizers, radiotherapy can achieve excellent local control and survival comparable to modern surgical series, thus presenting a real alternative to surgery. The possibility of further enhancing patient outcome is likely to come from both advances in radiotherapy treatment delivery and appropriate candidate selection. Growing evidence from selective bladder preservation trials demonstrate long term survival with functional organ preservation. In the era of personalized medicine, we review the evidence supporting an individualized treatment approach, in particular case selection for radical radiotherapy.
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- Shaista Hafeez
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
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Examining the management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer by medical oncologists in the United States. Urol Oncol 2014; 32:637-44. [PMID: 24840869 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2013.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) remains underutilized in the United States despite evidence supporting its use. OBJECTIVES To examine the perioperative chemotherapy management of patients with MIBC by medical oncologists (MedOncs) to move toward standardization of practice PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS A 26-question survey was emailed to 92 MedOncs belonging to the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network or the American Society of Clinical Oncology for completion from May to October 2011 RESULTS: A total of 83 MedOncs completed the survey: 52% were based in academic centers. Most referrals were from urologists (79%). NACT for treatment of MIBC and high-grade upper-tract urothelial carcinoma is offered by 80% and 46% of respondents, respectively. Adjuvant chemotherapy for treatment of MIBC and upper-tract urothelial carcinoma is offered by 46% and 42% of respondents, respectively. NACT was not offered by 49%, 29%, and 35% of respondents if Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status was 3 or greater, if patients had T2 lesions without lymphovascular invasion, and if the glomerular filtration rate was<50ml/min, respectively. Chemotherapy regimens included gemcitabine/cisplatin (90%), methotrexate/vinblastine/adriamycin/cisplatin (30%), dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin, and cisplatin (20%), and gemcitabine/carboplatin (37%). CONCLUSIONS Most MedOncs (79%) in this survey offer perioperative chemotherapy to all patients with MIBC. This increased use of NACT is higher than previously reported, suggesting an increase in the adoption of recommendations that follow best evidence.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Greater understanding of the biology and genetics of urothelial carcinoma is helping to identify and define the role of molecules and pathways appropriate for novel-targeted therapies. Here, we review the targeted therapies that have been reported or are in ongoing urothelial carcinoma clinical trials, and highlight molecular targets characterized in preclinical and clinical studies. RECENT FINDINGS Trials in nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer are evaluating the role of immunotherapy and agents targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or fibroblast growth factor receptor-3. In muscle-invasive bladder cancer, neoadjuvant studies have focused on combining VEGF agents with chemotherapy; adjuvant studies are testing vaccines and agents targeting the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, p53, and Hsp27. In the first-line treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma, tubulin, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4, Hsp27, and p53 are novel targets in clinical trials. The majority of targeted agents studied in urothelial carcinoma are in the second-line setting; new targets include CD105, polo-like kinase-1, phosphatidylinositide 3-kinases (PI3K), transforming growth factor β receptor/activin receptor-like kinase β, estrogen receptor, and the hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR or MET). SUMMARY Development of targeted therapies for urothelial carcinoma is still in early stages, consequently there have been no major therapeutic advances to date. However, greater understanding of urothelial carcinoma and solid tumor biology has resulted in a proliferation of clinical trials that could lead to significant advances in treatment strategies.
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- Monalisa Ghosh
- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Correlation of Pathologic Complete Response with Survival After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Bladder Cancer Treated with Cystectomy: A Meta-analysis. Eur Urol 2014; 65:350-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pathologic Response Rates of Gemcitabine/Cisplatin versus Methotrexate/Vinblastine/Adriamycin/Cisplatin Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle Invasive Urothelial Bladder Cancer. Adv Urol 2013; 2013:317190. [PMID: 24382958 PMCID: PMC3871504 DOI: 10.1155/2013/317190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Objectives. To compare pathologic outcomes after treatment with gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) versus methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin, and cisplatin (MVAC) in the neoadjuvant setting. Methods. Data was retrospectively collected on 178 patients with T2-T4 bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy between 2003 and 2011. Outcomes of interest included those with complete response (pT0) and any response (≤pT1). Odds ratios were calculated using multivariate logistic regression. Results. Compared to those who did not receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy, there were more patients with complete response (28% versus 9%, OR 3.11 (95% CI: 1.45–6.64), P = 0.03) and any response (52% versus 25%, OR 3.23 (95% CI: 1.21–8.64), P = 0.01). Seventy-two patients received GC (n = 41) or MVAC (n = 31). CR was achieved in 29% and 22% of GC and MVAC patients, respectively (multivariate OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.10–1.58). Any response (≤pT1) was achieved in 56% of GC and 45% of MVAC patients (multivariate OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.12–1.71). Conclusions. We observed similar pathologic response rates for GC and MVAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy in this cohort of patients with muscle invasive urothelial cancer (MIBC). Our findings support the use of GC as an alternative regimen in the neoadjuvant setting.
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[Neoadjuvant, inductive or adjuvant chemotherapy of bladder cancer]. Urologe A 2013; 52:1534-8, 1540. [PMID: 24197083 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-013-3249-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Perioperative chemotherapy is a standard treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma undergoing radical cystectomy; however, direct comparisons of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy are lacking. Evidence-based data and implementation into daily clinical practice favor neoadjuvant chemotherapy; nevertheless, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still underused in daily practice compared to adjuvant chemotherapy. If neoadjuvant chemotherapy has not been used and patients are fit enough to receive cisplatin, adjuvant chemotherapy should be considered in patients with pT3-pT4 and/or lymph node metastases.
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North S, El-Gehani F, Santos C, Ghosh S, Lai R, Cass CE, Mackey JR. Expression of nucleoside transporters and deoxycytidine kinase proteins in muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: correlation with pathological response to neoadjuvant platinum/gemcitabine combination chemotherapy. J Urol 2013; 191:35-9. [PMID: 23851183 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE In pancreatic cancer, deoxycytidine kinase and the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 have been validated as predictive markers for benefit from gemcitabine therapy. Gemcitabine is used with cisplatin or carboplatin as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle invasive urothelial cancer of the bladder before radical cystectomy and patients rendered disease-free at surgery tend to have better outcomes. In this trial we examined if nucleoside transporter or deoxycytidine kinase protein abundance in biopsy specimens before chemotherapy is related to the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 62 consecutive patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy with platinum/gemcitabine at a single institution were accrued. Initial transurethral resection of bladder tumor specimens and cystectomy specimens were collected, and scored for nucleoside transporter and deoxycytidine kinase expression. Pathological response rates and survival data were collected. RESULTS Of the 62 patients 17 (27%) achieved a complete pathological response (pT0) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Nucleoside transporter and deoxycytidine kinase protein expression in the transurethral resection of bladder tumor specimens did not predict for pT0 status to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Median overall survival was not reached for the group achieving pT0 status and was 46 months for those with persistent cancer at definitive surgery (p = 0.07). Median followup for the cohort was 30 months. CONCLUSIONS Nucleoside transporter and deoxycytidine kinase expression in transurethral resection of bladder tumor samples do not predict for response to gemcitabine and platinum neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients should continue to be offered neoadjuvant chemotherapy before radical cystectomy based on clinical and pathological staging.
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- Scott North
- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Yuh BE, Ruel N, Wilson TG, Vogelzang N, Pal SK. Pooled analysis of clinical outcomes with neoadjuvant cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer. J Urol 2013; 189:1682-6. [PMID: 23123547 PMCID: PMC3926865 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.10.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer has been shown to confer a survival advantage in phase III studies. Although cisplatin and gemcitabine are often used in this setting, a comprehensive evaluation of this regimen is lacking. In this review we summarize the efficacy of neoadjuvant cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer based on currently published studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic literature review was conducted in April 2012 searching MEDLINE® databases. Articles were selected if they included patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer, evaluated the combination of cisplatin and gemcitabine as neoadjuvant treatment, and reported pathological data after cystectomy. Cisplatin and gemcitabine dosing regimens and clinical data were further summarized using weighted averages. RESULTS Seven studies encompassing 164 patients were published between 2007 and 2012. The majority of patients (79%) received cisplatin and gemcitabine on a 21-day cycle. A weighted average of 19.2 lymph nodes was obtained at cystectomy, and 29.7% of patients were found to have pN1 disease. Pathological down staging to pT0 and less than pT2 occurred in 42 (25.6%) and 67 (46.5%) patients, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Neoadjuvant cisplatin and gemcitabine yield appreciable pathological response rates in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. Since pathological response has been implicated as a potential surrogate for survival in muscle invasive bladder cancer, these data suggest that neoadjuvant cisplatin and gemcitabine may warrant further prospective assessment.
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- Bertram E Yuh
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA.
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Zhu HB, Yang K, Xie YQ, Lin YW, Mao QQ, Xie LP. Silencing of mutant p53 by siRNA induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human bladder cancer cells. World J Surg Oncol 2013; 11:22. [PMID: 23356234 PMCID: PMC3565885 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND p53 is the most frequently mutated tumor-suppressor gene in human cancers. It has been reported that mutations in p53 result not only in the loss of its ability as a tumor suppressor, but also in the gain of novel cancer-related functions that contribute to oncogenesis. The present study evaluated the potential of silencing of mutant p53 by small interfering RNA in the treatment of bladder cancer cells in vitro. METHODS We used the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay to assess cell viability and flow cytometry to detect cell cycle alterations and apoptosis. The related molecular mechanisms were assessed by western blotting. We also used the MTT assay and flow cytometry to investigate if silencing of mutant p53 by knockdown with small interfering (si)RNA would change the sensitivity to cisplatin treatment. RESULTS Using 5637 and T24 human bladder cancer cell lines characterized by mutations in p53, we found that silencing of the mutant p53 by RNA interference induced evident inhibition of cell proliferation and viability, which was related to the induction of G2 phase cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Moreover, our study also showed that the p53-targeting siRNA cooperated with cisplatin in the inhibition of bladder cancer cells. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that RNA interference targeting mutant p53 may be a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of bladder cancer.
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- Hai-Bin Zhu
- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Qingchun Road 79, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310003, China
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ICUD-EAU International Consultation on Bladder Cancer 2012: Chemotherapy for Urothelial Carcinoma—Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Settings. Eur Urol 2013; 63:58-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Apolo AB, Grossman HB, Bajorin D, Steinberg G, Kamat AM. Practical use of perioperative chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: summary of session at the Society of Urologic Oncology annual meeting. Urol Oncol 2012; 30:772-80. [PMID: 23218068 PMCID: PMC3524835 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2012.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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At the 11th annual meeting of the Society of Urologic Oncology, an expert panel was convened to discuss the practical use of perioperative chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The discussion was structured as a case-based debate among the panelists. The topics included: neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a focus on T2 disease, pros and cons, survival data, tolerability of cisplatin-based therapy, can we avoid radical cystectomy in complete responders, limitations and alternatives to cisplatin-based therapy, management of 'suboptimal' chemotherapy, residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapy, and key aspects of radical cystectomy and lymph-node dissection in multimodal therapy. The presentations were derived from published literature. The panelists agreed that patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer should be managed with a multidisciplinary team, including urologist and medical oncologist. Cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy has demonstrated improved survival and should be incorporated into the management of all eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. However, in some centers, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is reserved for patients with >T2 disease or high-risk features. There are no data for the administration of non-cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, such as carboplatin-combinations. Cisplatin-ineligible patients should proceed directly to surgical extirpation with adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy considered based on pathologic findings. However, the data for adjuvant chemotherapy is less compelling. As our refinement of the selection process continues, we may be able to better identify subsets of patients who may be spared chemotherapy, but much work remains to be done in this arena. The current standard for muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients is cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph-node dissection.
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- Andrea B. Apolo
- Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Houston, TX
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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- Section of Urology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Houston, TX
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Eswara JR, Efstathiou JA, Heney NM, Paly J, Kaufman DS, McDougal WS, McGovern F, Shipley WU. Complications and Long-Term Results of Salvage Cystectomy After Failed Bladder Sparing Therapy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. J Urol 2012; 187:463-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.09.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Jairam R. Eswara
- Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Miles BJW, Fairey AS, Eliasziw M, Estey EP, Venner P, Finch D, Trpkov K, Eigl BJ. Referral and treatment rates of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer before and after publication of a clinical practice guideline. Can Urol Assoc J 2011; 4:263-7. [PMID: 20694104 DOI: 10.5489/cuaj09134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to compare referral and treatment rates of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer before and after publication of a clinical practice guideline. METHODS This was a retrospective comparative cohort study of 236 patients diagnosed with clinical stage >/= T2 bladder cancer in Alberta, Canada. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on the time of diagnosis relative to the publication of the Alberta Genitourinary Oncology Group Clinical Practice Guideline on Bladder Cancer (CPG), which recommends cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive disease. The pre-CPG group included patients (n = 129) diagnosed prior to publication of the CPG (November 1, 2002 to October 31, 2004, inclusively). The post-CPG group included patients (n = 107) diagnosed after publication of the CPG (November 1, 2005 to October 31, 2007). There was an accrual blackout period of 6 months before and after the CPG release date. The primary analysis compared the two groups with respect to neoadjuvant chemotherapy referral rates, treatment-offered rates and treatment-administered rates. RESULTS Referral to medical oncology regarding neoadjuvant chemotherapy occurred in 2.3% and 23.4% of patients in the pre- and post-CPG groups, respectively (p < 0.01). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was offered to 0.8% and 18.7% of patients in the pre- and post-CPG groups, respectively (p < 0.01). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered to 0.8% and 14.0% of patients in the pre- and post-CPG groups, respectively (p < 0.01). INTERPRETATION Neoadjuvant referral and treatment rates increased after publication of the CPG. However, overall referral and treatment rates remained low, which warrants additional exploration.
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Apolo AB, Milowsky M, Bajorin DF. Clinical states model for biomarkers in bladder cancer. Future Oncol 2009; 5:977-92. [PMID: 19792967 DOI: 10.2217/fon.09.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Bladder cancer is a significant healthcare problem in the USA, with a high recurrence rate, the need for expensive continuous surveillance and limited treatment options for patients with advanced disease. Research has contributed to an understanding of the molecular pathways involved in the development and progression of bladder cancer, and that understanding has led to the discovery of potentially diagnostic, predictive and prognostic biomarkers. In this review, a clinical states model of bladder cancer is introduced and integrated into a paradigm for biomarker development. Biomarkers are systematically incorporated with predefined end points to aid in clinical management.
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- Andrea B Apolo
- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Manoharan M, Katkoori D, Kishore TA, Kava B, Singal R, Soloway MS. Outcome after radical cystectomy in patients with clinical T2 bladder cancer in whom neoadjuvant chemotherapy has failed. BJU Int 2009; 104:1646-9. [PMID: 19466944 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2009.08626.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse the outcome after radical cystectomy (RC) in patients with clinical T2 bladder cancer not responding to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). PATIENTS AND METHODS In a retrospective analysis, study patients received NAC for clinical T2 disease before RC and a control group had RC for clinical T2 disease with no NAC. Patients treated with NAC were further grouped based on the pathological response; failure to respond was defined as 'no change in T stage or a higher T stage in the RC specimen (>or=pT2)', and the relevant clinical and pathological data were analysed. RESULTS In all, 53 patients satisfied the inclusion criteria for the study group and 200 for the control group. In the study group 18 (34%) responded to NAC (group 1) of whom 11 (61%) were pT0 and seven (39%) pT1, and among the non-responders (group 2) 19 (54%) were pT3/pT4 and 16 (46%) were pT2; 16 (46%) patients in group 2 had lymph node metastasis. The mean follow-up was 26 months. In group 2, local recurrence occurred in six (17%) vs none in group 1. Seven patients (20%) in group 2 developed metastases, vs one (5%) in group 1 (P = 0.01). The 5-year disease-free survival was significantly lower for group 2 (40%) than group 1 (91%, P = 0.007) and the control group (67%, P = 0.04). There were 14 deaths from bladder cancer in group 2, vs one in group I (P = 0.01). The 5-year disease-specific survival was significantly lower for group 2 (52%) than group 1 (83%, P = 0.008) and the control group (70%, P = 0.001). CONCLUSION A lack of response to NAC is associated with a significantly higher local and distant recurrence, and with lower survival.
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- Murugesan Manoharan
- Departments of Urology and Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
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Dash A, Pettus JA, Herr HW, Bochner BH, Dalbagni G, Donat SM, Russo P, Boyle MG, Milowsky MI, Bajorin DF. A role for neoadjuvant gemcitabine plus cisplatin in muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: a retrospective experience. Cancer 2008; 113:2471-7. [PMID: 18823036 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy improves survival in muscle-invasive urothelial cancer, with MVAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin) considered the standard regimen. Gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GC) has similar efficacy and less toxicity than MVAC in metastatic disease, but is untested as neoadjuvant treatment. METHODS The authors retrospectively evaluated patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma who received neoadjuvant GC before radical cystectomy between November 2000 and December 2006 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Post-therapy pathological downstaging to either residual disease at cystectomy (pT0) or no residual muscle-invasion (<pT2, ie, pT0, pTIS, pT1), chemotherapy delivery, and disease-free survival were the endpoints of interest. For comparison, similar endpoints were assessed in a historical cohort treated with neoadjuvant MVAC. RESULTS Four cycles of neoadjuvant GC were given over 12 weeks (n=42). Thirty-nine (93%) of 42 patients received 4 cycles, with a median 91% drug delivery for cisplatin and 90% for gemcitabine. The pT0 proportion was 26% (95% confidence interval [CI], 14-42), and no residual muscle-invasive disease proportion (<pT2) was 36% (95% CI, 21-52); pT0 was achieved in 28% (95% CI, 16-42) and <pT2 in 35% (95% CI, 23-49) of 54 MVAC-treated patients. All 15 GC patients achieving <pT2 pathologic stage remained disease-free at a median follow-up of 30 months. CONCLUSIONS Neoadjuvant GC is feasible and allows for timely drug delivery. The proportion of GC-treated patients whose primary tumors were downstaged, with prolonged disease-free survival and minimal or no residual disease, was similar to MVAC-treated patients.
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- Atreya Dash
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Herchenhorn D, Dienstmann R, Peixoto FA, de Campos FS, Santos VO, Moreira DM, Cardoso H, Small IA, Ferreira CG. Phase II trial of neoadjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with resectable bladder carcinoma. Int Braz J Urol 2008; 33:630-8; discussion 638. [PMID: 17980060 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382007000500004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) is an active combination in the treatment of metastatic bladder cancer. We have prospectively analyzed the efficacy and tolerability of GC as neoadjuvant treatment of invasive bladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this single-institution phase II trial, patients with muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma received three cycles of gemcitabine 1200 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 with cisplatin 75 mg/m2 on day 1 prior to surgery. Radiologic response was evaluated by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. All patients were referred to surgery after chemotherapy completion. RESULTS Between June 2002 and March 2005, 22 patients (19 males) were enrolled. Median age was 63 years. Initial stage was II (T2) in 11 and III (T3-4) in 11 patients. Median follow-up is 26 months (4-43). Partial or complete radiologic response rate was documented in 13 out of 20 assessable patients (70%). One patient was excluded due to sarcomatoid carcinoma at definitive pathologic examination. Cystectomy was performed in 15 patients and pelvic radiotherapy in four patients. Nine out of 21 patients (43%) relapsed and four (19%) died due to disease progression. Complete pathologic response was observed in four patients (26.7% of 15). Median progression-free survival was 27 months (CI 95% not reached) with median overall survival of 36 months (CI 95%: 28.7 - 43.3). Grade III/IV toxicity was infrequent, with no deaths due to chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS The combination of GC is effective and well-tolerated when used as neoadjuvant therapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Longer follow-up is necessary to evaluate its impact on the overall survival of these patients.
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- Daniel Herchenhorn
- Department of Clinical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Heng DYC, Garcia JA. High-risk bladder cancer: improving outcomes with perioperative chemotherapy. Oncol Rev 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s12156-008-0050-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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D'Auria G, Ciprotti M, Conte D, Iacovelli R, Palazzo A, Pellegrino A, Cortesi E. Neo-adjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in bladder cancer. Ann Oncol 2007; 18 Suppl 6:vi162-3. [PMID: 17591814 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- G D'Auria
- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Meran JG, Kudlacek S, Beke D. [Systemic oncological treatment of bladder cancer]. Wien Med Wochenschr 2007; 157:157-61. [PMID: 17492412 DOI: 10.1007/s10354-007-0400-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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M-VAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin and cisplatin) and Cisplatin/Gemzar are potent therapies in the treatment of advanced bladder cancer. C/G provides similar efficacy in terms of overall survival compared with M-VAC, but does so with a superior safety profile. Therefore C/G is widely accepted as standard of care in locally advanced and metastatic bladder cancer. Despite potentially curative surgery almost half of the patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will have recurrence of disease. Based on a recent meta-analysis with data from 3005 patients, and 2 randomised studies, neoadjuvant cisplatin-containing therapy has shown to improve overall survival. Thus, the use of neoadjuvant systemic treatment should be considered state-of-the-art. The question whether adjuvant treatment will improve the outcome is still not sufficiently answered.
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Kanehira M, Katagiri T, Shimo A, Takata R, Shuin T, Miki T, Fujioka T, Nakamura Y. Oncogenic role of MPHOSPH1, a cancer-testis antigen specific to human bladder cancer. Cancer Res 2007; 67:3276-85. [PMID: 17409436 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To disclose the molecular mechanism of bladder cancer, the second most common genitourinary tumor, we had previously done genome-wide expression profile analysis of 26 bladder cancers by means of cDNA microarray representing 27,648 genes. Among genes that were significantly up-regulated in the majority of bladder cancers, we here report identification of M-phase phosphoprotein 1 (MPHOSPH1) as a candidate molecule for drug development for bladder cancer. Northern blot analyses using mRNAs of normal human organs and cancer cell lines indicated this molecule to be a novel cancer-testis antigen. Introduction of MPHOSPH1 into NIH3T3 cells significantly enhanced cell growth at in vitro and in vivo conditions. We subsequently found an interaction between MPHOSPH1 and protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 (PRC1), which was also up-regulated in bladder cancer cells. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed colocalization of endogenous MPHOSPH1 and PRC1 proteins in bladder cancer cells. Interestingly, knockdown of either MPHOSPH1 or PRC1 expression with specific small interfering RNAs caused a significant increase of multinuclear cells and subsequent cell death of bladder cancer cells. Our results imply that the MPHOSPH1/PRC1 complex is likely to play a crucial role in bladder carcinogenesis and that inhibition of the MPHOSPH1/PRC1 expression or their interaction should be novel therapeutic targets for bladder cancers.
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- Mitsugu Kanehira
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Takata R, Katagiri T, Kanehira M, Shuin T, Miki T, Namiki M, Kohri K, Tsunoda T, Fujioka T, Nakamura Y. Validation study of the prediction system for clinical response of M-VAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer Sci 2007; 98:113-7. [PMID: 17116130 PMCID: PMC11158918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2006.00366.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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To predict the efficacy of the M-VAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive bladder cancers, we previously established the method to calculate the prediction score on the basis of expression profiles of 14 predictive genes. This scoring system had clearly distinguished the responder group from the non-responder group. To further validate the clinical significance of the system, we applied it to 22 additional cases of bladder cancer patients and found that the scoring system correctly predicted clinical response for 19 of the 22 test cases. The group of patients with positive predictive scores had significantly longer survival than that with negative scores. When we compared our results with a previous report describing the prognosis of the patients with cystectomy alone, the results imply that patients with positive scores are likely to benefit from M-VAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy, but that the chemotherapy would shorten the lives of patients with negative scores. We are confident that our prediction system to M-VAC therapy should provide opportunities for achieving better prognosis and improving the quality of life of patients. Taken together, our data suggest that the goal of 'personalized medicine', prescribing the appropriate treatment regimen for each patient, may be achievable by selecting specific sets of genes for their predictive values according to the approach shown here.
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- Ryo Takata
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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