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Would you offer preoperative radiotherapy for muscle-invasive SCC of the bladder (catheter associated)?

What dose would you use? Would your approach to elective nodal radiation be different in the preoperative setting?
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Radiation Oncology · Baylor College Of Medicine
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The use of pre-operative radiotherapy for locally advanced bladder cancer has not been routinely utilized or part of the standard of care. That being said there is a long history of tri-modality bladder preservation therapy in which pre-operative chemoRT has been utilized and radical cystectomy util...

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