An organ-preserving approach to muscle-invading transitional cell cancer of the bladder.
Bladder-preserving treatment for muscle-invasive disease is based on the response of the tumor to induction combined modality therapy. In the future, an organ-conserving approach will be widely offered as a safe and reasonable alternative to radical cystectomy.
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Zietman
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Shipley
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Kaufman
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D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*