Significance of downstaging in muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with preoperative radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Pollack, Alan ^a,b   Zagars, Gunar K ^a   Cole, Christopher J ^a   Dinney, Colin P ^a   Swanson, David A ^a   Grossman, H Barton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Box 97 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasm; Radical cystectomy; Radiotherapy; Staging

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031054323     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00383-5     Document Type: Article

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