Tetramodal therapy with transurethral resection followed by chemoradiation in combination with hyperthermia for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: early results of a multicenter phase IIB study.
Oliver RiestererAdela AdemajEmsad PuricBrigitte EberleMarcus BeckSilvia GomezDietmar MarderEva OberackerSusanne RogersRoger A HälgThomas KernSonja SchwenneJürgen SteinEmanuel StutzOlaf TimmSebastian ZschaeckMathias S WeylandParaskevi D VeltsistaStephen WylerPeter WustStephan ScheideggerStephan BodisPirus GhadjarPublished in: International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group (2022)
Tetramodal therapy of T2-T4 MIBC is promising with excellent local response, moderate toxicity and good QoL. This study deserves continuation into the second stage.