The role of radiotherapy in urinary bladder cancer: current status
Int. braz. j. urol
; 38(2): 144-156, Mar.-Apr. 2012.
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ABSTRACT
The role of radiotherapy (RT) in the treatment of urinary bladder cancer has undergone several modifications along the last decades. In the beginning, definitive RT was used as treatment in an attempt to preserve the urinary bladder; however, the results were poor compared to those of radical surgery. Recently, many protocols have been developed supporting the use of multi-modality therapy, and the concept of organ preservation began to be reconsidered. Although phase III randomized clinical studies comparing radical cystectomy with bladder preservation therapies do not exist, the conservative treatment may present low toxicity and high indexes of complete response for selected patients. The aim of this study was to review the literature on the subject in order to situate RT in the current treatment of urinary bladder cancer.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária
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Carcinoma
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int. braz. j. urol
Assunto da revista:
UROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil