Rationals for optimizing bladder cancer treatment and control.
Improvement in survival of patients with bladder cancer has despite much effort in optimizing treatment schedules been limited (21). Patients seem to present with a bladder tumour that has a biological potential which it is difficult to alter by treatment. Bladder tumours seem either to possess or lack the biological potential for invasion. Non-invasive (Ta) bladder tumours do not kill the patient, and survival of patients with invasive tumours is localized to the bladder or present with regional and/or distant metastases (26).
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Division of Urology, Surgical Department I, Aarhus Amtssygehus, Denmark.
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*