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Malignant pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: Effectiveness of radiotherapy in conjunction with chemotherapy
Author(s) -
YOSHIDA SOICHIRO,
NAKAGOMI KAZUAKI,
GOTO SHUICHI,
KOBAYASHI SATOSHI
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2003.00758.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , pheochromocytoma , radiation therapy , refractory (planetary science) , urinary system , urinary bladder , urology , lymph node , lymph node metastasis , metastasis , surgery , cancer , physics , astrobiology
A 34‐year‐old Japanese man with malignant pheochromocytoma of the bladder underwent surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy for a local recurrence of lymph node metastasis. Radiotherapy seemed to be effective, indicated by the growth inhibition of the irradiated tumor, decreases in serum and urinary catecholamine levels and a clinical improvement in the refractory stage of the combined chemotherapy.