DD-MVAC is dose-dense-Methotrexate+ Vinblastine+ Adriamycin+ Cisplatin. It is a chemotherapy regimen for bladder cancer. It improves the outcomes in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and so now it has become the gold standard for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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My father has a tumor in his urinary bladder. Please help.
Query: Hi doctor, I am writing on behalf of my father, who is 64 years old. He is a diabetic patient, but his diabetes is completely under control. A few weeks before, he found some blood coming out along with his urine. He consulted a few doctors and went under some tests. He was found to have a tumor in ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. As the biopsy is showing high grade tumor and involves muscularis propria, this makes a T2 stage. The latest guideline suggests a Cisplatin based chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy (bladder removal).Pelvic node dissection should be done even if CT scan did not... Read Full »