title: Radiotherapy: definitive, integrated and palliative therapy.
abstract: Bladder cancer which invades the muscle is a serious problem which usually requires extensive therapy.  However, conservative therapy is often prescribed with the subsequent course all too freqently being relentlessly progressive.  Procrastination with aggressive therapy often results in the patient being unsuitable for such therapy when it is seriously contemplated...
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery