Journal of International Oncology ›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (8): 605-608.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.08.015

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Imageguided radiotherapy for bladder cancer

Yang Aijie, Liu Jie, Wang Mingchen, Ma Ruizhong, Hao Furong   

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Weifang People′s Hospital, Weifang 261041, China
  • Received:2013-11-28 Revised:2014-03-06 Online:2014-08-15 Published:2014-08-14
  • Contact: Liu Jie E-mail:wflj2005@sina.com

Abstract: Bladder cancer is a common malignant tumor in urinary system. The life quality of patients reduces obviously after radical resection of bladder. Comprehensive treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy after bladder preservation surgery plays an important role for the prevention of postoperative recurrence, preservation the function of bladder, and improving the life quality of patients. Imageguided radiotherapy can reduce the setup error and inner boundary caused by the movement of organs, and can alleviate the side reaction of radiation, and it also can provide basis of expanding boundary of planning target volume for the bladder cancer patients.

Key words: Urinary bladder neoplasms, Radiotherapy, Image-guided