Does the less aggressive multimodal approach of treating bladder-prostate rhabdomyosarcoma preserve bladder function?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2343-2346

  Soler, Roberto ^a   Macedo Jr , Antonio ^a,b   Bruschini, Homero ^a   Puty, Fabíola ^a   Caran, Eliana ^a   Petrilli, Antonio ^a   Garrone, Gilmar ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a   Ortiz, Valdemar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bladder; Drug therapy; Prostate; Radiotherapy; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FUNCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBIS PAIN; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 27744521345     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000180644.32615.39     Document Type: Article

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