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Trimodal Preservation Saves Most Bladders Without Rise in Cancer Mortality
Trimodal Preservation Saves Most Bladders Without Rise in Cancer Mortality
S London
20100309
2010 Apr 9
Elsevier Global Medical News
Trimodal Preservation Saves Most Bladders Without Rise in Cancer Mortality
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Apr 9, S London
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - Bladder-preserving therapy allows most patients with invasive, nonmetastatic bladder cancer to keep their bladder, while offering long-term survival comparable to that seen with radical cystectomy, according to the 15-year experience of the Massachusetts General Hospital.In a series of 348 patients who were treated with bladder-preserving therapy (tumor resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy), 71% were able to keep their native bladder, and the rate of overall survival...