[Results of telecobalt therapy in non-radically operated bladder neoplasms].

On the basis of the number of patients of the Radiological Clinic of Leipzig Karl Marx University from the years 1969 to 1971 is reported on the results of the telecobalt therapy of the carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Dependent on the local extension of the tumour and on metastasizing the 5-year-survival rate clearly decreases. The analysis of the death rate according to histological criteria refers to the dangerousness of the "atypical papillomas". The altogether favourable 5-year-survival rate of 43,6% of all 181 treated patients emphasizes the effectiveness of the telecobalt therapy. Radiogenic complications appearing should be kept as low as possible by suitable irradiation regimes.