The incidence of bladder cancer recurrences and metastases after radical radiotherapy

The authors compare the incidence of bladder carcinoma recurrences and dissemination after long-distance gamma-beam therapy, carried out according to a traditional method, and in an accelerated hyperfractionation mode combined with metronidazole therapy. The recurrences were most frequently detected at the site of the primary tumor (62-67 % of cases) in 6 to 18 months after the treatment. They come to a conclusion that accelerated hyperfractionation and local metronidazole radiomodification were conductive to a reduction of the incidence of recurrences from 45 to 28 % as against the traditional split radiotherapy course in the classical fractionation mode