Radiotherapy for High-grade T1 Bladder Cancer

Radiotherapy is rarely used for T1 bladder cancer. We discuss the potential reasons for this, the current evidence, and make suggestions for future research.

Despite its success in muscle-invasive disease, radiotherapy is rarely used for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. We discuss the current evidence and suggest that, with further research, radiotherapy holds much promise as a bladder-preserving strategy.

European urology focus. 2018 Jul 19 [Epub ahead of print]

Sophie E M Raby, Ananya Choudhury

Department of Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M20 4BX, UK., Department of Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M20 4BX, UK; Division of Cancer Science, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: .