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Carcinoma of the Bladder Treated by Interstitial Irradiation
Author(s) -
Williams Grant B.,
Trott P. A.,
Bloom H. J. G.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1981.tb06092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transitional cell carcinoma , retrospective cohort study , carcinoma , urology , oncology , pathology , bladder cancer , cancer
Summary —A retrospective study is presented of 180 patients with clinically infiltrating transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder treated by interstitial irradiation. The cases were re‐classified by clinical tumour extent and histopathological grade according to the UlCC (1978) classification. The actuarial survival rates and complications are presented and treatment policy reviewed.