Muscle invasive bladder cancer treated by transurethral resection, followed by external beam radiation and interstitial iridium-192

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1043-1052

  Wijnmaalen, Arendjan ^a   Helle, Peter A ^a   Koper, Peter C M ^a   Jansen, Peter P ^a   Hanssens, Patrick E ^a   Boeken Kruger, Cornelis G G ^b   Van Putten, Wim L J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Bladder preservation; Interstitial radiation

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030712966     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00375-1     Document Type: Article

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