title: Treatment of multiple superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder with intravesical yttrium-90.
abstract: Thirty-eight patients with extensive multiple superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder which could not be controlled endoscopically were treated with intravesical yttrium-90. Nineteen are alive at between 1 and 9 years. Short-term control of the disease was achieved in most patients. In those followed up for at least 3 years, 48% remained alive and well and 36% avoided cystectomy or other major treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes