title: Radiation dose-volume effects of the urinary bladder.
abstract: An in-depth overview of the normal-tissue radiation tolerance of the urinary bladder is presented. The most informative studies consider whole-organ irradiation. The data on partial-organ/nonuniform irradiation are suspect because the bladder motion is not accounted for, and many studies lack long enough follow-up data. Future studies are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. aviswanathan@lroc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Akila N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.forename: Ellen D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Yorke
authors.forename: Lawrence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Eifel
authors.forename: William U
authors.initials: WU
authors.lastname: Shipley
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D011859:Radiography; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy