The present case report describes two cases of unresectable advanced primary urethral carcinoma.
Case 1 was a 61-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the urethra that directly invaded into the perineal skin. Case 2 was a 64-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma, and solitary lung and lymph node metastases. Both patients received docetaxel/cisplatin/5-fluorouracil chemotherapy with concurrent radiation. The docetaxel/cisplatin/5-fluorouracil chemotherapy regimen consisted of docetaxel (75 mg/m2 ) on day 2, cisplatin (100 mg/m2 ) on day 2 and 5-fluorouracil (1000 mg/m2 ) on days 1 to 5 and was repeated every 4 weeks. Complete response was achieved after two cycles of chemotherapy combined with radiation in case 1. In case 2, complete response was achieved locally after six cycles of chemotherapy combined with radiation, but the solitary lung lesion remained viable. We experienced two cases with advanced urethral carcinoma for whom docetaxel/cisplatin/5-fluorouracil chemotherapy chemotherapy with radiation was effective.
Written by:
Itoh J, Mitsuzuka K, Kimura S, Tanaka T, Yamamuro T, Yamashita S, Yamada S, Saito H, Kaiho Y, Arai Y. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Reference: Int J Urol. 2013 Nov 19. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/iju.12333
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24251859
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