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Chemotherapy for adenocarcinomas of bladder and urachal origin: 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and mitomycin-C.

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Five-Fluorouracil-based chemotherapy is effective in the management of adenocarcinoma of the bladder and in the 3 patients with an elevated CEA at presentation who responded to chemotherapy a corresponding drop in the initial level was seen.
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This article is published in Urology.The article was published on 1985-09-01. It has received 72 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urachal cancer & Doxorubicin.

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Multimodality Management of Urachal Carcinoma: The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience

TL;DR: Urachal carcinomas are usually locally advanced at presentation with a high risk of distant metastases, however, long-term survival following radical resection occurs in a significant fraction of patients, supporting an attempt at margin-negative, en bloc resection if at all possible.
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Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder

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- 01 Aug 1998 - 
TL;DR: Radical cystectomy remains the only satisfactory treatment option for primary vesical adenocarcinoma and tumour stage, grade and lymph node involvement are the only significant prognostic factors.
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Predictors of survival from urachal cancer : A mayo clinic study of 49 cases

TL;DR: Outcome results of a long‐term analysis of urachal cancer using a new staging system are presented, showing clear trends in survival and morbidity over a long period of time.
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Urachal cancer: Role of conservative surgery

TL;DR: In the initial management of urachal carcinoma, umbilectomy with partial cystectomy may be considered in selected cases; this can enhance quality of life without necessarily influencing survival adversely.
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Urachal carcinoma: surgical and chemotherapeutic options

TL;DR: Surgical resection with a partial cystectomy and en bloc resection of the urachal ligament with umbilicus as the treatment of choice in the setting of localized disease and risk factors predicting progression may allow for the selection of patients at higher relapse risk for prospective studies.
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Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder.

TL;DR: The authors review the case material in terms of histogenesis, clinical findings, prognosis and treatment for this is an uncommon lesion of the bladder.
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Management of pelvic complications of malignant urothelial tumors with combined intra-arterial and iv chemotherapy.

TL;DR: Patients with initial low-volume pelvic disease demonstrated durable control of local residual tumors, with four of six patients having negative repeat cystoscopic examinations.
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