For patients undergoing bladder preservation therapy with trimodal therapy, how do you manage the urinary urgency and frequency during and after treatment?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
This can be a difficult problem to manage because I try to avoid treatment interruption if at all possible, which is different from my approach in patients with prostate cancer, where treatment interruption is a safe and effective alternative. In patients with bladder cancer, the first thing I will ...
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Radiation Oncologist at LJA I immediately send the patient to the referring ur...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Great suggestions for managing acute GU tox.
I would like to add that in my experience, this is a situation where an ounce of prevention is worth at least a pound of cure.
I find much less severity and duration of symptoms when I use the 55 Gy/20 fx schedule, and when my plan is to do whole bladde...
I immediately send the patient to the referring ur...