Long-term urological complications after conservative local treatment (surgery and brachytherapy) in children with bladder-prostate rhabdomyosarcoma: A single-team experience.
Rezkalla AkkaryFlorent GuérinCyrus ChargariLoic JochaultGeorges AudryLuca PioVeronique Minard ColinChristine Haie-MederHélène MartelliPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2022)
The conservative surgical approach combined with brachytherapy for bladder-prostate RMS leads to long-term urological complications in 26% of survivors. Optimizing brachytherapy doses for young children and establishing a clear and long-term follow-up protocol could help to reduce these complications.
Keyphrases
- high dose
- urinary tract
- radiation therapy
- prostate cancer
- locally advanced
- young adults
- spinal cord injury
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- risk factors
- low dose
- minimally invasive
- randomized controlled trial
- palliative care
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- quality improvement
- surgical site infection
- combination therapy