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Preoperative irradiation and cystectomy for bladder cancer
Author(s) -
Smith Joseph A.,
Batata Mostafa,
Grabstald Harry,
Sogani Pramod C.,
Herr Harry,
Whitmore Willet F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19820301)49:5<869::aid-cncr2820490508>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , bladder cancer , pelvis , cancer , surgery , survival rate , urology
Between 1971 and 1974, 101 patients at Memorial Sloan‐Kettering Cancer Center underwent planned integrated treatment for bladder cancer with 2000 rads by megavoltage delivered to the whole pelvis over five consecutive days followed by radical cystectomy within a week. The overall five‐year survival rate was 39%; the hospital mortality rate was 2%. In the pelvis alone tumor recurred in 9% of the patients. These results support other studies demonstrating the efficacy of this and other regimens of preoperative irradiation and cystectomy.