Palliative Intra‐Arterial Chemotherapy Without Radiotherapy for Elderly Patients With Muscle‐Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Single‐Center Retrospective Comparison With Radical Cystectomy and Best Supportive Care
P-IAC without radiotherapy offers a promising treatment alternative for elderly patients with MIBC who are unfit for RC or systemic therapy. It provides both oncologic benefits and quality-of-life preservation, warranting further prospective validation and protocol standardization.
Authors
- Ken D Yamaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7669-1405)
- Yuka Kakinoki
- M. Noguchi
- Hiroaki Kakinoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9460-8759)
- Maki Kawasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-1377)
- Akihiro Maeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4797-0314)
- Minika Yukimoto
- Yukako Yamaguchi
- Shuhei Kusano
- Yoshiaki Egashira
- Shohei Tobu
Institutions
- Saga University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/iju.70386
- Primary Topic
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00