For persistent localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer following chemoradiation in patients who are not surgical candidates, what is an appropriate next therapy?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
For this situation, optimal therapy is unclear. However, assuming the patient did not achieve clinical CR or recurred within a year, following maximal TURBT (which can achieve remissions in up to 15% of untreated patients), systemic therapy may be considered while tailoring therapy based on previous...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
I think Dr. @Guru Sonpavde's approach is very reasonable, but I would add one other consideration -- it is worth checking on exactly what chemoradiation was used -- some practitioners reduce doses or truncate the regimen, and that can lead to failure. Depending on radiation dose when failure is reco...