Timmer P R, Hartlief H A, Hooijkaas J A
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1985 May;11(5):899-905. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(85)90111-7.
Recurrences were analyzed in 142 patients with invasive bladder cancer, who were treated either by definitive irradiation or preoperative irradiation and cystectomy. In 52 patients an estimation of the radiation response, by endoscopic re-examination soon after reaching 40 Gy, was done. The aim of this procedure was to select those patients who can probably be cured by radiotherapy alone. However, the predictive value of the examination seems to be low. It is concluded that for about 40% of all patients, removal of the bladder is of real benefit. The problem remains how to select this group of patients.
对142例浸润性膀胱癌患者的复发情况进行了分析，这些患者接受了根治性放疗或术前放疗加膀胱切除术。对52例患者在达到40 Gy后不久通过内镜复查对放疗反应进行了评估。该程序的目的是选择那些可能仅通过放疗就能治愈的患者。然而，这项检查的预测价值似乎较低。得出的结论是，对于所有患者中的约40%，切除膀胱具有实际益处。问题仍然是如何选择这组患者。
