title: Platinum-based chemotherapy for bladder cancer.
abstract: The majority of patients with advanced urothelial cancer are not cured by surgery or radiotherapy. This report reviews the results of radiation and surgery in the treatment of this malignancy and puts advances that have been made with chemotherapy into this context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waxman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wasan
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010984:Platinum / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum