
|Videos|September 14, 2020
A 65-Year-Old Female With Urothelial Carcinoma
Author(s)Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, MACP, FASCO
Dr Robert Dreicer reviews a case of advanced urothelial cancer and explains the patient’s eligibility for platinum-based chemotherapy followed by maintenance therapy with a checkpoint inhibitor.
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Case: A 65-Year-Old Female With Urothelial Carcinoma
Initial presentation
- A 65-year-old female presents with 2 weeks of intermittent gross hematuria
- PMH: COPD, HTN
- SH: 30-pack year smoking history
Clinical workup
- Labs: Hb 10.2 g/dl, WBC 2.8 x 109/L, creatinine 1.3 mg/dL, creatinine clearance 68 ml/min; other WNL
- TURBT large bladder mass, high grade muscle invasive urothelial cancer
- CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis: large bladder mass, pelvic and para aortic adenopathy (largest 2.2 cm); CT Chest 3 sub cm nodules uncertain significance
- Stage T3N2M1
Treatment
- The patient received cisplatin + gemcitabine for 6 cycles; stable disease
- Repeat imaging CT chest 2 of the sub cm lesions no longer appreciated
- CT abd/pelvis decrease size in bladder mass, nodal findings mildly improved, no new disease
- Avelumab 10 mg/kg IV q2W was started as maintenance therapy
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