A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PARTIALLY ACCELERATED RADIOTHERAPY FOR INVASIVE BLADDER-CANCER

Thirty-nine patients with histologically confirmed invasive bladder ca rcinoma (T2-3, NO, MO) were treated with a partially accelerated radio therapy scheme. After 40 Gy/4 weeks of conventional fractionation we h ave accelerated the treatment in the last week giving two daily fracti ons of 2 Gy each, 4-6 h apart in the bladder only. Although the follow -up of some of the patients is not very long our results indicate that this relatively short radiotherapeutic scheme is feasible, convenient and probably safe for patients living in remote areas.