Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Department of Nursing, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Greece

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• Commentary   
  Radiation Oncology among Patients with Bladder Cancer
  Author(s): Vasili Sentzoua*
  
  For some individuals with invasive bladder cancer, radical radiotherapy is a viable option to cystectomy, and postoperative radiotherapy may be justified in patients with a high risk of local recurrence. In this paper, we describe preoperative and postoperative radiation oncology consultations among bladder cancer patients in Ontario. Over the last few decades, the role of radiation (RT) in the treatment of urinary bladder cancer has changed significantly. Many protocols supporting the use of multi-modality therapy have recently been created, and the concept of organ preservation has begun to be revisited. Improvements in radiotherapy planning, verification, and delivery have provided a mechanism for optimising bladder cancer radiotherapy and overcoming challenges that have traditionally hampered the treatment's efficacy. They can improve the therapeutic ratio by minimising the am.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/cmcr.2021.5.175

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