Combined-modality therapy for organ preservation represents an appropriate alternative to radical surgery in the management of several malignant diseases. The standard therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the United States has been radical cystectomy. Although the sequelae of radical surger
2018 Selective bladder preservation by combined modality therapy for invasive bladder cancer
β Scribed by L.A. Kachnic; D.S. Kaufman; A.L. Zietman; K.C. Dallow; P.P. Griffin; N.M. Heney; A.F. Althausen; W.U. Shipley
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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Combined modality therapy with the goal of effecting cure and achieving organ preservation has become the standard oncological approach in many malignancies. Although radical cystectomy has been considered the standard treatment for invasive carcinoma of the bladder, equivalent results have been ach