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How would you manage an elderly, medically inoperable patient with high-grade, muscle-invasive bladder cancer who has already received definitive prostate irradiation?
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Radiation Oncology · Harvard Medical School
The more patients with prostate cancer we treat and the longer they live, the more likely this is to happen. While cystectomy is the right thing to recommend, it is often a very difficult operation as continent diversions are impossible, and the risk of bowel injury is high. If the patient is elderl...