Reduced Bladder Capacity in Patients Receiving Intravesical Chemoprophylaxis with Mitomycin C

Abstract

After complete resection of superficial bladder carcinoma (Tis-2, G1-3), 75 patients were treated prophylactically with either 20 or 30 mg mitomycin C. Six patients developed a substantial reduction in bladder capacity (less than 200 ml). In 2 patients radical cystectomy of an otherwise tumour-free fibrotic bladder was necessary. The results of long-term treatment (2 years) suggest that reduced bladder capacity correlates with the cumulative dosage of mitomycin C.