title: [Local recurrence following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. Diagnostic and therapeutic options].
abstract: The prognosis for patients with local recurrence following cystectomy for urothelial bladder cancer is poor. Only a small proportion of patients with good performance status are candidates for any form of therapy at all. Clinical experience shows that local recurrence is often accompanied or followed by systemic tumor spread. Therefore, palliative systemic chemotherapy is the cornerstone of treatment. Local radiotherapy or local tumor resection is reserved for subgroups of patients and to ease local symptoms or complications. Only a few patients are candidates for multimodal therapeutic approaches with curative intent. Despite such efforts, the survival of patients with local recurrence is limited in nearly all cases.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Urologische Universitätsklinik Ulm. joerg.simon@medizin.uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gschwend
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Volkmer
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents