The limited usefulness of external beam radiotherapy in the control of superficial bladder cancer.
Thirty-seven patients with superficial bladder cancer (Ta, T1) who failed local control were treated with external beam radiotherapy: 22 received full dose radiotherapy without interval cystoscopic monitoring and 15 followed a protocol in an attempt to select a subgroup of radiosensitive tumours. Both the unselected and protocol treated patients demonstrated the limited usefulness of external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of superficial bladder cancer.
Sawczuk
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Squier Urological Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York.
Olsson
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deVere White
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D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*