[The combined treatment of locally disseminated bladder cancer]

39 untreated patients with local cancer of the bladder without distal metastases were included in the trial to assess efficacy of combined drug plus radiation treatment, its toxicity and chances to preserve the bladder. The examination comprised tumor biopsy, ultrasonography, computed tomography, excretory urography and routine laboratory tests. The patients received one or two courses of intraarterial chemotherapy, radiation (50 Gy) and two doses of cysplatinum in a dose 70 mg/m2 before and after radiation. A complete response was achieved in 66.6%, partial in 12.8%, stabilization in 10.3% and progression in 10.3% of patients. One-year survival was reported in 89.7%, recurrence-free survival with functioning bladder being 66.7%. Side effects were mild and did not demand the treatment discontinuation.