title: An organ-preserving approach to muscle-invading transitional cell cancer of the bladder.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zietman
authors.forename: W U
authors.initials: WU
authors.lastname: Shipley
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: 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*