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Review
. 1997 Sep-Dec;14(3-4):141-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF02989641.

Bladder cancer in Sweden

S Hellsten  1 , G Steineck
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Review

Bladder cancer in Sweden

S Hellsten et al. Med Oncol. 1997 Sep-Dec.

Abstract

The survival of patients with bladder cancer has not improved significantly during the past decades in spite of new diagnostic methods and treatment modalities. This observation underlines the need for improved routines to ensure earlier detection of the disease by patients and doctors and thereby start the treatment sooner. The common finding of treatment failures in patients who have shown no sign of local recurrence but have undergone radical cystectomy indicates that subclinical metastases are primarily responsible for the poor outcome in most cases. This indicates that, in addition to radical surgery, effective chemotherapy is needed to counteract the systemic spread of the disease.

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