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In 1969 a clinical trial was started where patients with bladder carcinoma stage T2 and grade 3 were subjected to preoperative radiotherapy followed by cystectomy. The survival rate in this series was higher than in a previous series of comparable patients who were given full irradiation without cystectomy.
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Edsmyr, F., Johansson, B. Bladder carcinoma treated by preoperative radiotherapy followed by cystectomy. Urol. Res. 6, 253–254 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00262629
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