[Results of organ-preserving therapy for invasive bladder cancer]

87 patients with urinary bladder cancer (UBC) stage T2-3aN0M0 have received an organ-saving treatment which combined neoadjuvant chemotherapy (methotrexate, adriamycin, vinblastin, cysplatinum) followed by transurethral or open resection of the bladder. The patients were followed up for 3 to 60 months. Recurrent tumors arose in 49(56.3%) patients, at the primary site in 94%. Recurrence-free 5-year survival made up 32.8 +/- 14.1 and 24.2 +/- 15.2% after transurethral and open resections of the bladder, respectively. In patients with a complete response to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy 5-year overall and recurrence-free survival reached 89.0 +/- 11.1 and 68.5 +/- 18.9%, respectively. It is thought valid to consider planning organ-saving treatment only in relation to patients with a complete regression of the tumor after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.