Tratamiento conservador con quimioterapia y radioterapia en el cáncer músculo-invasivo de vejiga / Conservative management with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of muscle-invading cancer of the bladder

ABSTRACT

Radical cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer remains the standard of care. However, a large international experience indicates satisfactory result with bladder-sparing approaches (transurethral resection, radiation, and chemotherapy as a trimodality therapy), in selected patients, with a survival rate with an intact bladder of 40%. It would be very useful a direct comparison of surgically, based and chemoradiotherapy based approaches.