title: Results of cystectomy with and without preoperative radiotherapy in carcinoma of the urinary bladder.
abstract: During a period of 13 years, 84 patients underwent total cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. The corrected 5-year survival rate was 58%. The operative mortality was 5 patients (6%). The 5-year survival rate of 42 patients who were treated by surgery alone was 53%, whereas that of 42 patients who received preoperative radiation of 30-40 Gy was 65%. The prognoses of the patients were dependent on the histological differentiation and the extent of the primary tumour within each treatment group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Nurmi
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Valavaara
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Puntala
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Ekfors
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D015996:Survival Rate; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*