Bladder carcinoma treated by preoperative radiotherapy followed by cystectomy.
In 1969 a clinical trial was started where patients with bladder carcinoma stage T2 and grade 3 were subjected to preoperative radiotherapy followed by cystectomy. The survival rate in this series was higher than in a previous series of comparable patients who were given full irradiation without cystectomy.
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes