Selective bladder-preserving therapy for muscle-invasive cancer

Selective bladder-preserving therapy for muscle-invasive cancer

Transurethral resection of the bladder and adjuvant chemoradiation can permit eradication of the tumor and micrometastases. Close monitoring by sequential cystoscopy and biopsy can achieve similar survival outcomes to radical cystectomy, and could avoid invasive treatment.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature reviews. Clinical oncology 2009-04, Vol.6 (4), p.193-194
Hauptverfasser: Heney, Niall M., Kaufman, Donald S., Shipley, William U.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bladder cancer
Care and treatment
CT imaging
Cystectomy
Diagnosis
Health aspects
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
news-and-views
Oncology
Radiotherapy
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Zusammenfassung:Transurethral resection of the bladder and adjuvant chemoradiation can permit eradication of the tumor and micrometastases. Close monitoring by sequential cystoscopy and biopsy can achieve similar survival outcomes to radical cystectomy, and could avoid invasive treatment.
ISSN:1759-4774
1759-4782
DOI:10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.21