title: The response of the urinary bladder, urethra, and ureter to radiation and chemotherapy.
abstract: A comprehensive review of the physiological and clinical response of the urinary bladder, ureter, and urethra to radiation and chemotherapy is presented. The clinical syndromes that follow therapy for cancer of the bladder, prostate, and cervix are reviewed in detail. Methods of assessing, scoring, and managing toxicity are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Dugan
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Anscher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014513:Ureter / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014521:Urethra / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy