1976
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)58737-6
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Intracavitary Bacillus Calmette-guerin in the Treatment of Superficial Bladder Tumors

Abstract: Patients with recurrent superficial bladder tumors have been treated by vesical and intradermal administration of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin. The pattern of recurrence in 9 patients has been altered favorably. Although the findings are still preliminary they appear to hold promise of a new therapeutic approach to the treatment of a group of neoplasms for which effective therapy is still lacking.

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“…As early as the 1970s, patients with localized non-muscle invasive bladder cancer have been treated with intravesical immune therapy with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) instillations. 4 Induction intravesical BCG, considered standard of care for high risk non-muscle invasive disease, has multiple mechanisms of actions for anti-tumor activity. These mechanisms include direct infection of tumor cells and initiation of a Th1 mediated immune response with CD4 + T cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…As early as the 1970s, patients with localized non-muscle invasive bladder cancer have been treated with intravesical immune therapy with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) instillations. 4 Induction intravesical BCG, considered standard of care for high risk non-muscle invasive disease, has multiple mechanisms of actions for anti-tumor activity. These mechanisms include direct infection of tumor cells and initiation of a Th1 mediated immune response with CD4 + T cells and CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Intravesical Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette -Guerin (BCG) has been used as an ablative treatment for carcinoma in situ (cis) of the bladder since 1976 (Morales et al, 1976) and is now accepted as a bladdersparing treatment for cis with an early complete response of 70%; 40% of patients remain disease free after 5 years (Griffiths et al, 2002). Intravesical BCG is also widely used as an adjuvant to resection for the prophylaxis of recurrent superficial transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), and may delay progression to invasive disease (Sylvester et al, 2002).…”
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“…Es en estos pacientes donde el tratamiento del BCG está indicado, ya que mejoran o se curan con su administración 2 . Estudios a largo plazo con terapia de BCG han reportado respuestas favorables 3,4 .…”
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