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'Successful' chemo- and radiotherapy prior to radical cystectomy does not necessarily correlate with clinical course in small cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Sejima T, Miyagawa I

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan. sejimatkcd@384.jp

We report 2 cases in which chemo- and radiotherapy induced pathological remission prior to radical cystectomy in small cell carcinoma of the bladder. However, one of these cases suffered a local recurrence 8 months after surgery.

Published 6 April 2005 in Urol Int, 74(3): 286-8.
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