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How do you approach a tumor bed recurrence after previous neoadjuvant chemo and cystectomy for bladder cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · UMass Memorial Medical Group

I would opt for concurrent chemoRT in most instances. Here is my explanation as to why:

First, I think it's important to establish that recurrence of bladder cancer after radical cystectomy (RC) usually portends a very poor prognosis; these patients have a median survival of 5.6 months after diagnos...

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