Would you offer preoperative radiotherapy for muscle-invasive SCC of the bladder (catheter associated)?
What dose would you use? Would your approach to elective nodal radiation be different in the preoperative setting?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
The use of pre-operative radiotherapy for locally advanced bladder cancer has not been routinely utilized or part of the standard of care. That being said there is a long history of tri-modality bladder preservation therapy in which pre-operative chemoRT has been utilized and radical cystectomy util...