Radical radiotherapy for urinary bladder cancer: treatment outcomes

Abstract

The exact value of radiotherapy in the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer is difficult to establish, as most studies exploring this issue are retrospective with different procedures for selecting patients for treatment, as well as varying treatment strategies. An estimate of the 5-year overall survival rate following radiotherapy is approximately 35% in consecutive-selected patients and approximately 25% in negative-selected patients.

Keywords::

• bladder cancer
• bladder neoplasm
• bladder preservation
• chemotherapy
• combined modality
• combined with radiotherapy
• morbidity
• transitional cell carcinoma