Retrospective study of efficacy of intravesical bcg alone in treatment of superficial bladder cancer

Jack H. Mydlo, Sol M. Usher, Fernando Camacho, Selwyn Freed

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Abstract

This is a review of 100 patients at our institution who were treated for superficial bladder cancer. In those patients with carcinoma in situ of the bladder who were treated with conventional therapy (resection and/or fulguration) and intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) without intradermal BCG, and those patients who were treated with conventional therapy alone, we found a response rate of 60 per cent versus 40 per cent at the end of three months. In comparing those patients with superficial papillary cancer, we found a response of 39 per cent after conventional therapy and 63 per cent after conventional therapy and intravesical BCG. This suggests that intravesical BCG without intradermal BCG can be an important adjunct to the conventional therapy of bladder tumors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)173-175
Number of pages3
JournalUrology
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Urology

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