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For patients undergoing bladder preservation therapy with trimodal therapy, how do you manage the urinary urgency and frequency during and after treatment?

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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

This can be a difficult problem to manage because I try to avoid treatment interruption if at all possible, which is different from my approach in patients with prostate cancer, where treatment interruption is a safe and effective alternative. In patients with bladder cancer, the first thing I will ...

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Radiation Oncology · St. Johns Health Center

Great suggestions for managing acute GU tox.

I would like to add that in my experience, this is a situation where an ounce of prevention is worth at least a pound of cure.

I find much less severity and duration of symptoms when I use the 55 Gy/20 fx schedule, and when my plan is to do whole bladder ...

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Medical Oncology · New York Downtown Hosp

Rule out other causes, such as infection, first, then consider modifying therapy.

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