BLADDER PRESERVATION WITH IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER: A SINGLE INSTUTION EXPERIENCE

Aynaci O., Serdar L., Zengin A. Y., Savli E., Uslu G. D., Gedik S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.174-184, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.31086/tjgeri.2021.213
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.174-184
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Radiotherapy, Image-Guided, Chemoradiotherapy, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, LONG-TERM OUTCOMES, RADICAL CYSTECTOMY, CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, CARCINOMA, SURVIVAL, THERAPY, IMPACT, RTOG
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Introduction: The number of elderly patients with bladder cancer is expected to triple in the coming years in proportion to the increasing elderly population in the world. The aim of this study was to identify the prognostic factors affecting survival among elderly patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.