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ArticleArab journal of urology2020

Electro-mediated drug administration of mitomycin C in preventing non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer recurrence and progression after transurethral resection of the bladder tumour in intermediate- and high-risk patients.

Roberto Carando, Emiliano Soldini, Simone Cotrufo, Michele Zazzara, Giuseppe M Ludovico

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Article in Arab journal of urology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberto CarandoKlinik für Urologie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3773-3171
Emiliano SoldiniDepartment of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, Research Methodology Competence Centre, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-5567
Simone CotrufoDepartment of Urology, Ospedale F. Miulli, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Italy.
Michele ZazzaraDepartment of Urology, Ospedale F. Miulli, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Italy.
Giuseppe M LudovicoDepartment of Urology, Ospedale F. Miulli, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Italy.
Ospedale Generale Regionale Francesco Miulli · ITOspedale Regionale di Locarno · CHUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of electro-mediated drug administration of mitomycin C (EMDA/MMC) after transurethral resection of the bladder tumour (TURBT) in preventing non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) recurrence and progression and to explore clinical and demographic factors associated with treatment response. PATIENTS AND

methodsBetween April 2016 and August 2019, 112 patients diagnosed with intermediate- or high-risk NMIBC underwent a TURBT followed by an EMDA/MMC treatment. The percentage of treatment responders and progression-free survivors at 3 and 6 months were evaluated.

resultsFollow-up data were available for 101 patients (90%) at 3 months and 92 (82%) at 6 months. Response rates to EMDA/MMC treatment were 85% at 3 months and 75% at 6 months, and progression-free rates were 94% and 90%, respectively. No statistically significant differences were seen between intermediate- and high-risk patients. A higher risk of tumour recurrence and progression was associated with previous Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) failure. According to the Clavien-Dindo classification, only low-grade complications were observed.

conclusionsEMDA/MMC after TURBT was associated with high response and progression-free rates at 3 and 6 months, with only low-grade adverse events. These results confirm the efficacy and safety of EMDA/MMC as a therapeutic option for both intermediate- and high-risk patients. However, patients with BCG failure responded poorly to EMDA/MMC.

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Bladder cancerelectro-mediated drug administrationintermediate and high riskmitomycin Cnon-muscle invasivetransurethral resection

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PMID33763251
PMCPMC7954506
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