Neodymium‐YAG Laser Irradiation of Stage T2 Muscle‐invasive Bladder Cancer. Long‐term Results
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Urology
- Vol. 65 (1) , 24-26
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1990.tb14654.x
Abstract
The study group consisted of 15 patients with solitary stage T2 bladder tumours treated with transurethral resection (TUR) and subsequent neodymium-YAG laser irradiation. Ten patients are alive without evidence of cancer 56 to 78 months (mean 67) after treatment; 1 died of cardiovascular disease 2 years after treatment and autopsy revealed no cancer. In 4 patients the treatment failed and cystectomy or external beam radiation was carried out. The long-term results indicate the combination of TUR and laser irradiation to be beneficial in the management of T2 tumours in selected cases.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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