Radical radiotherapy for bladder cancer: Retrospective analysis of a series of 459 patients treated in an Italian institution

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-59

  Tonoli, S ^a   Bertoni, F ^b   De Stefani, A ^a   Vitali, E ^a   De Tomasi, D ^a   Caraffini, B ^a   Scheda, A ^c   Bertocchi, M ^a   Somensari, A ^a   Buglione, M ^a   Magrini, Stefano M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Organ preservation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30344452026     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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