Radiation dose-volume effects of the urinary bladder.

Viswanathan, Akila N; Yorke, Ellen D; Marks, Lawrence B; Eifel, Patricia J; Shipley, William U · Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · 2010

meta_analysis · Level I

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Abstract

An in-depth overview of the normal-tissue radiation tolerance of the urinary bladder is presented. The most informative studies consider whole-organ irradiation. The data on partial-organ/nonuniform irradiation are suspect because the bladder motion is not accounted for, and many studies lack long enough follow-up data. Future studies are needed.

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