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What is your preferred dose and fractionation for muscle invasive bladder cancer and how do you decide between them?

What patient factors do you consider to decide between 55 Gy/20 fx and 64 Gy/32 fx with or without nodal irradiation? What if your patient is younger or older?
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What is your preferred dose and fractionation for muscle invasive bladder cancer

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Radiation Oncology · Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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I'm using 5,500 cGy in 20 fractions since the Lancet Oncology meta-analysis. If I treat nodes, treat 4,400 cGy in the same 20 fractions. Seems like the mild-moderate toxicity might be higher than with 180-200 cGy/day regimen. The paper referenced above only assessed Grade 3 or higher toxicity. But t...

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Radiation Oncology · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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If cN0, 55 Gy in 2 0Fx, entire bladder, simmed and treated empty, no cone down. No nodal RT.

If cN1, then I'd probably try to take nodes to higher than 55 Gy in 20 Fx as feasible and consider 44 in 20 ENI.

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Radiation Oncology · Lafayette Radiation Center
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The question lacks specificity and forces a dogmatic answer. There are so many scenarios where I would treat the nodes, I may escalate the bladder, or even use a plan of the day. Performance status, use of chemo, presence of variant, histology, anatomy, etc., etc.

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Radiation Oncology · Kansas City VA Medical Center
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60 Gy/20 fractions with nodal coverage to 50 Gy/20 fractions with SIB, and concomitant weekly chemo-Cisplatin or Carboplatin.

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