Abstract
In a pilot study 12 patients with radically resected inguinal lymph node metastases from carcinoma of the penis and 5 patients with fixed inguinal nodes were treated with 12 weekly courses of vincristine, bleomycin and methotrexate (VBM). Only 1 of the 12 cases treated with adjuvant VBM relapsed after a median follow-up period of 42 months (range 18-102 months). Three partial responders to neoadjuvant VBM could have radical lymphadenectomy and they are alive disease-free 20, 27, 72 months after surgery. Two minimal responders could not have radical surgery and they died of the disease within one year.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 823-824 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Acta Oncologica |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1988 |
Keywords
- Bleomycin
- Chemotherapy
- Lymph node metastases
- Methotrexate
- Penile cancer
- Vincristine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Hematology