Percutaneous cryotherapy for metastatic bladder cancer: Experience with 23 patients

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• 作者：Zhou Liang ; Yao Fei ; Niu Lizhi ; Zeng Jianying ; Zhang Zhikai ; Chen Jibing ; Li Jialiang ; Xu Kecheng
• 关键词：Metastatic bladder cancer ; Percutaneous cryoablation ; Progression-free survival
• 刊名：Cryobiology
• 出版年：February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：68
• 期：1
• 页码：79-83
• 全文大小：671 K

文摘

Bladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract and in many patients is metastatic at diagnosis. Chemotherapy is the standard treatment for these patients but has serious side effects and in many patients is not tolerated. To avoid the side effects of systemic chemotherapy, patients with late stage bladder cancer have sought cryotherapy in our hospital. We reviewed data for the past 4 years to evaluate the safety and efficiency of percutaneous cryotherapy in 23 patients. Within 3 days after cryosurgery, all complications of bladder cancer (e.g. hematuria, urinary irritation, hypogastralgia, lumbago) had decreased to some degree. No new complications (e.g. bladder perforation) occurred and all complications had disappeared completely after 2 weeks. The progression-free survival (PFS) of these patients was 14 卤 8 months. There was no effect on PFS of tumor location or histopathology; however, differentiation status and tumor size influenced the therapeutic effect of percutaneous cryoablation. In conclusion, percutaneous cryotherapy may be a safe and efficacious therapeutic option in the treatment of metastatic bladder cancer.