Radiation therapy for bladder cancer

Celik Ö., SERT F.

UROONKOLOJI BULTENI-BULLETIN OF UROONCOLOGY, cilt.11, sa.1, ss.70-73, 2012 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: UROONKOLOJI BULTENI-BULLETIN OF UROONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.70-73
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The standart of care for muscle-invasive transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder is radical cystectomy (RC) with bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection, even though RC can be associated with significant morbidity. Organ conservation by combined-modality therapy which commonplace in contemporary oncology, with succes in cancer of breast, anus, larynx, l, imb, esophagus and prostate come into question for bladeer cancers as well. Modern bladder-sparing strategies combine maximal transuretheral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-B) followed by an induction course of concurrent radiation therapy and sensitizing chemotherapy. Aproximately _ of surviving patients maintain their bladder using combined-modality therapy with long term survival rates comparable to those of RS. Organ-sparing combined-modality therapies can be recommended for selected bladder cancer patients as a safe and proven alternative.