[Immediate post TURBT MMC instillation]

Arch Esp Urol. 2018 May;71(4):376-383.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Mitomycin C is an antitumor alkylating antibiotic agent that inhibits DNA synthesis extensively used as intravesical chemotherapy agent in the adjuvant treatment of urothelial carcinoma. Its clinical efficacy is the context of single early postoperative instillation was demonstrated by Toley et al. in 1988. Since then, multiple clinical trials and 4 metanalyses have endorsed its use with level 1a evidence. The objective of this chapter is to perform a comprehensive updated review on the use of MMC in the context of single early instillation at the time of TURBT, the available clinical evidence, most relevant recommendations in the international clinical guidelines, its complications and potential maneuvers for the optimization of its use.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravesical
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cystectomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage*
  • Postoperative Care
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Mitomycin