A comparative study of the intravesical MTP and BCG treatment of transplantable bladder cancer.

We induced transitional cell cancer of the urinary bladder in Fischer rats by feeding them N-[4(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl] formamide (FANFT). Tumors were subsequently transplanted orthotopically in the bladder submucosa of Fischer rats. This animal model was used to compare the therapeutic effects of maltose tetrapalmitate (MTP), and bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG). The routes of administration compared were intravesical alone or intravesical and oral for MTP, and intravesical alone or intravesical and subcutaneous for BCG. The intravesical and oral MTP treatment was more effective than the intravesical and subcutaneous BCG as regards the tumor size, incidence of tumor metastasis and the immunologic status of the tumor bearing host.