bladder-conserving therapy

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Urology Any treatment for muscle-invading urinary bladder cancer that is designed to retain bladder function; BCT consists of complete transurethral “stripping” of transitional–urothelial epithelium, followed by induction chemoradiotherapy–cisplatin with 40 + Gy of RT, or preceded by MTX, cisplatin, vinblastine Prognosis Good. Cf Radical cystectomy.

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