title: Role of radiation therapy in cancer of bladder.
abstract: The results of treating 50 patients with bladder cancer with radiotherapy over a three-year period are evaluated. Ten cases (20 per cent) were treated for palliation. Sixteen of 40 patients treated with intent of cure are considered well with no evidence of disease. Six additional cases were salvaged by further surgery. Another 7 patients died because of natural causes or distant metastases with good local control of the primary cancer postradiotherapy. The remaining 11 cases were considered failures, all died except one living with disease. These patients could not be saved by further surgery primarily because they were not medically fit. Six of twelve cases (50 per cent) survived three years and 19 of 31 cases (61 per cent) survived for one year free of disease. Reasons for possible failures are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery