The response of the urinary bladder, urethra, and ureter to radiation and chemotherapy

L B Marks; P R Carroll; T C Dugan; M S Anscher

doi:10.1016/0360-3016(94)00431-J

The response of the urinary bladder, urethra, and ureter to radiation and chemotherapy

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1995 Mar 30;31(5):1257-80. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(94)00431-J.

Authors

L B Marks¹, P R Carroll, T C Dugan, M S Anscher

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

PMID: 7713787
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(94)00431-J

Abstract

A comprehensive review of the physiological and clinical response of the urinary bladder, ureter, and urethra to radiation and chemotherapy is presented. The clinical syndromes that follow therapy for cancer of the bladder, prostate, and cervix are reviewed in detail. Methods of assessing, scoring, and managing toxicity are discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Female
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Muscle, Smooth / drug effects
Muscle, Smooth / radiation effects
Ovarian Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Radiation Injuries / pathology
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Time Factors
Ureter / drug effects*
Ureter / radiation effects*
Urethra / drug effects*
Urethra / radiation effects*
Urinary Bladder / drug effects*
Urinary Bladder / radiation effects*
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / radiotherapy