Selective bladder conservation using transurethral resection, chemotherapy, and radiation: management and consequences of Ta, T1, and Tis recurrence within the …

AL Zietman, J Grocela, E Zehr, DS Kaufman, RH Young… - Urology, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives. Although radical cystectomy remains the standard of care for invasive bladder
cancer in the United States, many groups are exploring the use of trimodality therapy using …

Invasive bladder cancer: treatment strategies using transurethral surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy with selection for bladder conservation

WU Shipley, AL Zietman, DS Kaufman… - International Journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Purpose: Combined modality therapy has become the standard oncologic approach to
achieve organ preservation in many malignancies. Methods and Materials: Although radical …

Selective bladder preservation by combined modality protocol treatment: long-term outcomes of 190 patients with invasive bladder cancer

WU Shipley, DS Kaufman, E Zehr, NM Heney, SC Lane… - Urology, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives. To evaluate the outcomes of patients with muscle-invasive Stage T2-4a bladder
carcinoma managed by transurethral surgery and concurrent chemoradiation. Methods. A …

Combined-modality treatment and selective organ preservation in invasive bladder cancer: long-term results

C Rödel, GG Grabenbauer, R Kühn… - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To evaluate our long-term experience with combined modality treatment and
selective bladder preservation and to identify factors that may predict treatment response …

Bladder preservation by combined modality therapy for invasive bladder cancer.

LA Kachnic, DS Kaufman, NM Heney… - Journal of clinical …, 1997 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To update the efficacy of a selective multimodality bladder-preserving approach
by transurethral resection (TURBT), systemic chemotherapy, and radiation therapy …

Trimodality treatment and selective organ preservation for bladder cancer

C Rödel, C Weiss, R Sauer - Journal of clinical oncology, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is cystectomy. Trimodality treatment,
including transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT), radiation therapy and …

Organ-sparing treatment of advanced bladder cancer: a 10-year experience

J Dunst, R Sauer, KM Schrott, R Kühn… - International Journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
Purpose: Radical cystectomy is considered as standard therapy for muscle-invasive bladder
cancer. We present 10-year results of bladder-sparing treatment by conservative surgery …

Bladder preservation: optimizing radiotherapy and integrated treatment strategies

RH Mak, AL Zietman, NM Heney, DS Kaufman… - BJU …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
While radical cystectomy (RC) remains the standard of care for muscle‐invasive transitional
cell carcinoma of the bladder, a series of single‐institution and cooperative‐group trials with …

Organ preservation in patients with invasive bladder cancer: initial results of an intensified protocol of transurethral surgery and radiation therapy plus concurrent …

C Rödel, GG Grabenbauer, R Kühn, T Zörcher… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To assess safety, tolerance, and disease control of transurethral resection of the
bladder tumor (TURB) plus concurrent cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and radiation therapy …

Radiochemotherapy after transurethral resection for high-risk T1 bladder cancer: an alternative to intravesical therapy or early cystectomy?

C Weiss, C Wolze, DG Engehausen, OJ Ott… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose For high-risk T1 bladder cancer, the most important issue is how to restrict radical
cystectomy to selective patients with a high likelihood of tumor progression and to choose an …