The role of radiotherapy in urinary bladder cancer: current status

The role of radiotherapy (RT) in the treatment of urinary bladder cancer has undergone several modifications along the last decades. In the beginning, definitive RT was used as treatment in an attempt to preserve the urinary bladder; however, the results were poor compared to those of radical surger...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Nader Marta, Samir Abdallah Hanna, Rafael Gadia, Sebastião Francisco Miranda Correa, Joao Luis Fernandes da Silva, Heloisa de Andrade Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2012-04-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382012000200002