Radical radiotherapy and salvage cystectomy as the primary management of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Results following the introduction of a CT planning technique

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-147

  Borgaonkar, S ^b   Jain, A ^c   Bollina, P ^a   Mclaren, D B ^a   Tulloch, D ^a   Kerr, G R ^a   Howard, G C W ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sanjivani Hospital   (India)

^c PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cancer; CT planning; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; BLADDER TUMOR; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036528610     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2002.0055     Document Type: Article

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