Bladder-Sparing Treatment With Radical Dose Radiotherapy Is an Effective Alternative to Radical Cystectomy in Patients With Clinically Node-Positive Nonmetastatic Bladder Cancer.
Martin SwintonNeethu Billy Graham MariamJean Ling TanKatherine MurphyThiraviyam ElumalaiManjusha SoniAlexandra FerreraCharlotte RichardsonRichard WalshawHitesh B MistryVijay RamaniYeepei SongAlison Jane BirtleAnn HenryJoachim ChanPeter J HoskinAnanya ChoudhuryPublished in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023)
Patient cohorts with cN+ M0 BCa had equivalent survival outcomes whether treated with surgery or radical RT. Given the known morbidities of RC-in a patient group with poor survival-this study confirms that bladder-sparing TMT treatment should be a treatment option available to all patients with cN+ M0 BCa.