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For persistent localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer following chemoradiation in patients who are not surgical candidates, what is an appropriate next therapy?

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Medical Oncology · AdventHealth Cancer Institute

For this situation, optimal therapy is unclear. However, assuming the patient did not achieve clinical CR or recurred within a year, following maximal TURBT (which can achieve remissions in up to 15% of untreated patients), systemic therapy may be considered while tailoring therapy based on previous...

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Medical Oncology · Veterans Administration Health Care Center

I think Dr. @Dr. First Last's approach is very reasonable, but I would add one other consideration -- it is worth checking on exactly what chemoradiation was used -- some practitioners reduce doses or truncate the regimen, and that can lead to failure. Depending on radiation dose when failure is rec...

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