title: Bladder cancer: results of radiation therapy in 384 patients.
abstract: Between 1957 and 1972, 384 patients with bladder cancers were treated initially with megavoltage radiation therapy. Actuarial five-year survival ranged from 35 to 42% for Stages A and B1 tumors, and was 35, 22 and 7%, respectively, for Stages B2, C and D carcinomas. Approximately 30-40% of deeply invasive tumors confined to the bladder can be controlled with radiation therapy alone, directed solely to the bladder itself.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy