Radiation therapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: treatment planning and delivery.
Radiation therapy allows organ preservation therapy in selected patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. This review sets out to explore the role of radiation therapy in the management of muscle invasive bladder cancer. It describes and assesses the potential benefits provided by technological advances in radiation delivery in optimizing the therapeutic ratio.
Logue
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Department of Clinical Oncology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK. john.logue@christie-tr.nwest.nhs.uk
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D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*