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Would you consider definitive concurrent chemoradiation to a patient with muscle invasive bladder cancer and a history of distal/sigmoid ulcerative colitis?

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Radiation Oncology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Ulcerative colitis is a relative contraindication to radiotherapy, but not absolute, in my view. UC can have a spectrum of acuity as well, from distant/non-active to active-undertreatment.

For many bladder cancer patients, radical cystectomy is the primary therapy +/- neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemoth...

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