When educating the patient about possible treatments following surgery for bladder cancer, the nurse might include which of the following chemotherapy options? Select all that apply
A)
Intravesical chemotherapy with doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
B)
Intravenous chemotherapy with at least three agents
C)
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine
D)
Endocan, a tumor angiogenesis inhibitor
Ans:
A, C, D
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No chemotherapeutic regimens for bladder cancer have been established. Instillation of chemotherapeutic drugs into the bladder is currently done using thiotepa, mitomycin C, and doxorubicin. BCG vaccine causes a significant reduction in the rate of relapse and prolongs relapse-free intervals in people with cancer in situ. Inhibitors of tumor angiogenesis and inhibitors of EGF drugs are proving effective with bladder cancer.
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