Abstract
We report the experience of our new treatment of transcatheter arterial infusion of anticancer agents for 8 patients with carcinoma of the bladder since 1980.
A double lumem balloon catheter is applied to infuse the anticancer agents with a temporal occlusion of the internal iliac artery. Catheters are bilaterally inserted percutaneously through the femoral artery and placed into the distal part of internal iliac artery. Cis-platinum and adriamycin are administered as the chemotherapeutic agents.
The results were satisfactory. Four patients had a complete remission and 3 had a partial remission, while only 1 showed no change.
This method is characteristic of keeping the higher concentration of the anticancer agents into the affected tissue by interrupting blood flow and seems to be a more effective treatment even for the advanced bladder cancer.
